Memorial Day Observances Revitalize Local American Legion Post
The Baytown area honors veterans with two Memorial Day ceremonies. Post 104, once dwindling to three members, has added 40 new members since January, many Vietnam era veterans, and refreshed by 9/11 and camaraderie. The day includes grave flags, speeches by VFW leaders, bagpipes, WWII vehicle displays, and a flag folding demo.
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American Legion Post
Jim Hutchinson
Brodie Hand
Hand
Post
Modrall
101 Airborne Division
Vietnam
Post 104
Baytown Sun
Whit Snyder
Freeman
American Legion
Anahuac
Astor Sanders Honored At Veterans Plaza Memorial
Delia Sanders aged 14 when her uncle Pfc. Astor Sanders died in a WWII prison camp but was later mislisted as not on active duty. After years of research and outreach to Kiwanis and veterans groups, his name was added and will be honored for the first time at Veterans Plaza on Veterans Day 2002 in Baytown.
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VFW
Guynes
Navy
Vietnam
Porter
Baytown Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Gardens
Michael Whatley
Iraq
Afghanistan
Veterans’ Plaza
Bicentennial Park
Astor N. Sanders
Boytown
Boy Scout Troop 707
Ross S. Sterling High School
Community Center
Market Street
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Astor
Sabra Sanders
Paul A. Lee
Delia
Pfc
Sanders
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
St. Louis
Clayton
Houston
Clayton Library
Astor Sanders
Disabled American Veterans
Baytown
City Hall
Gary Smith
Jane Reber Rhodes
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Tommie Jones
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Committee
Alden Weaver
Bill
Veterans Plaza
Texas Hurricane of 1943 Reaches Houston and Beaumont
The 1943 hurricane struck with eye over downtown Houston as winds gusted to 132 mph and sustained 85 mph for over two hours. Beaumont Port Arthur area saw the worst flooding while refineries in Houston faced damage leading to temporary shutdowns at Humble Oil Baytown and Shell Oil Deer Park to protect war efforts. An FBI telegraph shutdown was reported in La Porte to limit battlefield damage news. Col Joe Duckworth and Lt Ralph O Hair flew into the hurricane eye at Bryan Field to showcase the AT 6 Texan trainer, a first practice now standard in storm monitoring, marking O Hair’s final hurricane flight.
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Houston
Metropolitan
Hobby Airport
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Houston-area
Humble Oil
Baytown
Shell Oil
Deer Park
War Department
FBI
la Porte
Read
Fincher
Texas
Louisiana
Col
Joe
Duckworth
Ralph O’ Hair
Bryan Field
O'Hair
Read and Fincher
Lynchburg Ferry to Undergo Major Repairs in Harris County
In April the Harris County Commissioners' court approved funds for ferry improvements. Repairs to the boats will cost 269100 dollars and landings 560900 dollars. Commissioner Garcia noted both projects run concurrently to shorten ferry downtime. The Lynchburg Ferry began in 1822 as a hand pulled flatboat service on a main land route to the Mexican border, and now ferries nearly 1000 vehicles daily.
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Harris County Commissioners’ Court
Garcia
Precinct 2
Lynchburg
Nathaniel Lynch
South
Texas
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Hutchinson
Freeman South Post
Legion Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 912
Memory Gardens
Garth Road
James Goodyear
James Porter
Richard Gaynes
Goodyear
Astor Norman Sanders
Kanda Orton
Ctesc.net
Ey Gemersy
Lee
Mr. Hurricane
Michael & Sth
Malor Hall Gameroom
Laecollegehaoke.com
Atom
Www
Lee.adu
Dataws
Lea
Highlands Tractor Metro
N. Main
Wallisville
Highlands
Esas Uo Ae
Shere Cardwell Fae Mae
Lee College
Kawasaki
Pyre
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