The Queen Mary is one of Long Beach’s top tourist attractions. But before coming to the West Coast, the opulent art deco ocean liner criss-crossed the Atlantic for decades and had an impressive ...

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During World War I, the term “war bride” was coined to describe women who were hastily married before their new husbands shipped off to Europe. Whether due to values or norms of the time, soldiers ...