Archive for History
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Giving Thanks for Veterans, Freedoms, Voting and Feasting
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief When hearing the word “November” most of us immediately think of Thanksgiving. Giving thanks for turkey, pumpkin pie, and family feasts. But we also need to remember to give thanks to: Our Veterans – November 11th is the federal holiday to honor all vete...
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The Year 1965 at a glance
The Great Arch in St. Louis is completed; it commemorates the Lousiana Purchase I 1808. Race riots in Watts section of Los Angeles leave 34 dead The Voting Rights Act becomes law. Medicare program for senior citizens medical assistance becomes law. The Beatles take the music world by st...
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My Alma Mater
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It can’t be! Say it isn’t so! Those were my thoughts when I opened the mail one day last month and found an invitation to my 50 year high school reunion. Unfortunately I will be over 6,000 miles away in Japan when the event is held next month, but I admit the in...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Heroes – Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, John Wayne and me Back in my day, kids had heroes. Thanks in part to the spectacular work of mustachioed story teller and dream builder Walt Disney, kids got a double dose of American Heroes each and every week. Sometimes the heroes were dogs...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham See You in September Ah, that song always made me think of school beginning. To me, and probably many of you readers, September was the beginning of school. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane. “See You in September” was first released in 1959 by a group called The ...
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Labor Day – a day set aside to not labor!
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief Labor Day What is Labor Day? Why do we have it? Who started it? Labor Day is a national holiday, the first Monday of September. It is known by many as the last three-day-weekend of the summer. Many families load up the car or camper with camping gear and ...
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State Fair Time
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief State Fair an American musical film, first produced in 1945, is a musical adaptation of a 1933 film with the same name. The musical score is original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical was remade in 1962. It is a story about a farm family as they set o...
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A Kaleidoscope of Experiences
By Mary Schricker Gemberling As we celebrate our Independence in America this month I cannot help but be reminded of our recent visit to the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Arnhem. During World War II the city of Arnhem became a household name when its strategic road bridge over ...
