Notable historical milestones and birthdays remembered today
A recap of events on this date including the 1923 sale of H Bouwens Co in Zeeland to Richard Nies, president Chester Arthur’s birth in 1829, 1921 first radio World Series broadcast, Truman’s 1947 televised address, Warren’s 1953 swearing in, Clinton High School bombing, Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Walesa, Challenger spaceflight with Sullivan and Garneau, Jim Bakker conviction in 1989, Paddington crash in 1999, anthrax cases starting 2001, and birthdays of Kate Winslet, Nicky Hilton, Kevin Bigley.
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Zeeland
H. Bouwens Co
Richard Nies
United States
Chester Alan Arthur
North Fairfield
Vermont
Newark
New Jersey
WJZ
WABC
Polo Grounds
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Harry S. Truman
White House
Earl Warren
Fred M. Vinson
Clinton High School
Clinton
Tennessee
Solidarity
Lech Valesa
Kennedy Space Center
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Marc Garneau
Charlotte
North Carolina
P-T L
Jim Bakker
Schwarz Family Celebrates Castle Park Heritage in Holland
Descendants of German immigrant George Michael Schwarz gathered in Holland on Sept 28 to honor his life and the family castle at Castle Park. A new gravestone with an etched Schwarz Castle motif was unveiled in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, and attendees toured the castle site and Herrick District Library as part of the Oz Project events before visiting family homes and recalling the property’s long history from 1894 through today.
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George Michael Schwarz
Pilgrim Home Cemetery
Schwarz Castle
Holland Area
Castle Park
Lake Michigan
Holland
Michigan
Florida
New York
Illinois
L. Frank Baum
Schwarz
Herrick District Library
Fennville
Sally Wolters Nye
America
Germany
Chicago
James Huntley
Johanna
John H. Parr
Carter Brown
Castle Park Association
Celebrity Chef Mark Anthony to lead vegan show in Holland
Celebrity Chef Mark Anthony presents Free Dinner and A Message at Holland Seventh-day Adventist Church on Ottogan Street. The program covers plant based health nutrition weight loss cholesterol reduction and energy boosting with a free will offering to support the ministry. Peggy Haake VFW Auxiliary president will visit Holland Post 2144 for a Dutch dancer demonstration luncheon and talk at the VFW on Eighth Street with public attendance invited.
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Mark Anthony
Holland Seventhday Adventist Church
Ottogan St
Holland
Anthony
Peggy Haake
VFW
Kahului
Hawaii
Michigan
Haake
Eighth St
Lost Girl of Sudan author shares healing journey
Lori Timmer reports Rebecca Deng’s book What They Meant for Evil from Faithwords recounting a Dinka refugee’s flight from South Sudan’s late 1980s violence. Deng, who lived eight years in Kakuma, came to the United States at 15 and became a citizen in 2000, with ties to Holland Christian High School and Calvin College.
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Sudan
Deng
United States
South Sudan
Kakuma
Kenya
U.S
Holland Christian High School
Calvin College
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
Trauma Healing Institute
American Bible Society
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London
Paddington
Robert Stevens
Washington
Kate Winslet
Nicky Hilton
Kevin Bigley
Winslet
Barry Switzer
Lori Timmer
Holland Sentinel
Rebecca Deng
Barnes & Noble
Target
Amazon Online
Faithwords
South
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