Last Veteran of GAR 109th Birthday Noted in Duluth
Albert Woolson the last Civil War Union veteran celebrated his 109th birthday in Duluth Minnesota with a quiet family dinner. He enjoyed a cigar and time with his six year old granddaughter Ann while receiving birthday cards and greetings including a letter from President Eisenhower and a Minnesota Service Medal from Governor Freeman.
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Duluth
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Albert Woolson
Grand Army of the Republic
Ann
John Kobus
Eisenhower
Woolson
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Kobus
Oldest Minnesotan Civil War drummer turns 100 in 1947
Woolson, born February 11, 1847 in Watertown New York, joined the Union army at 17 and served nine months as a drummer in the First Minnesota heavy artillery. He recalls Shermans march to the sea, saw Lincoln twice, and witnessed the New Ulm Sioux uprising. Now 106, he still keeps active, enjoys cigars and coffee, and has a large family with 14 children and many descendants. Egypt plans a new Nile dam to reclaim two million acres and boost regional production.
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Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment
Chattanooga
Tenn
Woolson
William T. Sherman
Georgia
Sherman
Confederacy
Abra Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Lincoln
Washington
Ford
John Wilkes Booth
Minnesota
Kobus
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth
Watertown
N. Y
Sur
Egypt
Nile
Czech language school registrations open at Hayes School
The Czech school board announced registrations for a summer Czech language program at Hayes school. Classes run five weeks starting mid June for children aged 7 to 14. Contacts are Mary Chmelicek and Marie Wokoun. CSA committee and Junior American Czech lodge meetings are scheduled at CSPS hall.
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Tom Merryman
Mary Margaret Meis
Mary Elaine
Heart of the Home
Heart Committee
Linn County
Mercy Hospital
Hayes School
Czech School Board
Mary Chmelicek
Marie Wokoun
Junior Ameriican
CSA
CSPS
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