Beneath City Hall Park lies one of New York City’s greatest architectural contradictions: a subway station designed like a cathedral, sealed off from the public for nearly 80 years. City Hall Station was meant to be the ceremonial gateway to the world’s first modern subway system, complete with vaulted Guastavino tile ceilings, skylights, chandeliers, and handcrafted oak furnishings. And yet, despite being hailed as the most beautiful station in America, it was quietly abandoned in 1945. In this

80 years ago, on #ThisDayinHistory, an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the world. Since then, both August 14 and August 15, as well as September 2, when Japan formally surrendered, have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day” in different parts of the world. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s surrender in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close

119K views · 1.7K reactions | Do you know there was a group of Americans who flew fighter aircraft against the Japanese for Chinese people during World War II? 80 years on, the history of friendship between two sides still be memorized and cherished. Click to see #FlyingTigers | China Xinhua News | Facebook