PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – There’s something undeniably magical about the month of December. Calendars fill with reasons to gather; and holiday cheer, twinkling lights, and the laughter of loved ones ...

In 1965, America was on the cusp of a cultural revolution. Foreign policy and race relations sparked divisions that appeared immutable. Many historians point to the year as the time when “the Sixties, ...