We cannot always depend on the US Supreme Court to do the right thing.

A blue cross decorated with a swastika and Hitler’s engraved signature, the medal was given to women for birthing and raising children in three classes: Bronze (four to five children), Silver (six or seven children) and Gold (eight children or more).

To underline the point, the association removes homosexuality from its influential reference tool, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

As Washington’s men began crossing the Schuylkill River, they were surprised by a regiment of several thousand British troops led by General Charles Cornwallis. Cornwallis came across the continental forces by chance as he foraged for supplies in the hills outside Philadelphia.

The disease, which had killed millions globally, was recognized by the WHO as eradicated in 1980. The variola virus that caused smallpox is thought to have been spread among humans for a few thousand years.