Sweet sign of summer: Hastee Tastee opened April 1 in Amherst. When Mark Foster and his wife, Kathy, bought the Hastee Tastee about five years ago, he followed a habit honed decades earlier. As a boy, Foster stopped twice a day at the ice cream stand: On the way home from school; and while delivering newspapers.
A Powerful Presence Through the Years. Since its birth on October 13, 1775, the Navy has been involved with more than ten major wars and countless battles in the effort to bring security, democracy, peace and prosperity to the American people. It's stood as a constant deterrent against international aggression. Fought the good fight when necessary.
This forced France and Britain to declare war on Germany, which they did on September 3. The War in the Pacific Some say World War 2 started in late 1931 with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. This is sometimes referred to as the Mukden Incident. The major invasion of China by Japan was in 1937.