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SUMMARY:VWM Livestreams – Mayday on May Day: Francis Gary Powers, Sr. and the U-2 Incident
DESCRIPTION:<p>Sixty-five years ago, May 1, 1960, pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr. was shot down over the Soviet Union while flying a U-2 spy plane.&nbsp;The incident increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Powers was tried, found guilty and sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison. Join Virginia War Memorial Director of Education Jim Triesler as he discusses this important event in Cold War history.</p><p>Although free, register early for this ONLINE ONLY event:&nbsp; <a href="http://vawarmemorial.org/events " target="_blank">vawarmemorial.org/events</a></p><p><b>Registration: </b><a href="https://bit.ly/3FQfu7x" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3FQfu7x</a></p><p></p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Sixty-five years ago, May 1, 1960, pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr. was shot down over the Soviet Union while flying a U-2 spy plane.&nbsp;The incident increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Powers was tried, found guilty and sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison. Join Virginia War Memorial Director of Education Jim Triesler as he discusses this important event in Cold War history.</p><p>Although free, register early for this ONLINE ONLY event:&nbsp; <a href="http://vawarmemorial.org/events " target="_blank">vawarmemorial.org/events</a></p><p><b>Registration: </b><a href="https://bit.ly/3FQfu7x" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3FQfu7x</a></p><p></p>
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