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    The Nine Ghost Villages of Northern France
    Melissa Banigan
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Nine Ghost Villages of Northern France

    Over 300 days during World War One, these villages were completely wiped out – along with hundreds of thousands of French and German...
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    Pilgrimage to the Past
    Melissa Banigan
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pilgrimage to the Past

    Read an excerpt of my six-page feature in Issue 47 of ZiNG Magazine (Liat's Airline's inflight magazine) about visiting sites in...
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    Trump's Nationalism Kept Him From Honoring Fallen WWI American Soldiers in France
    Melissa Banigan
    • Nov 11, 2018
    • 4 min

    Trump's Nationalism Kept Him From Honoring Fallen WWI American Soldiers in France

    Exactly 100 years ago, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ended as Germany signed an armistice...
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    Boudin: A Story of Sausage, Slavery, and Rebellion in the Caribbean
    Melissa Banigan
    • Oct 21, 2018
    • 5 min

    Boudin: A Story of Sausage, Slavery, and Rebellion in the Caribbean

    This story first appeared in NPR's food section, The Salt. The making of boudin is a visceral, bloody and time-consuming process in the...
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    Solo woman traveler over 40, francophile, feminist, single mother. Journalist for The Washington Post, CNN Travel, BBC Travel, Fodor's, NPR, Atlas Obscura, and more. Also the founder of Advice Project Media.

     

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