Veterans Day events honor those who served in Roswell
Roswell observes Veterans Remembrance with a rally at Roswell High School featuring music speakers and salutes to veterans, police, fire and emergency personnel. The piece emphasizes enduring gratitude for those who fought and the need to remember sacrifices beyond current events.
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A Marine's Mother Poem From Vietnam War Memoir
A letter prints Pfc. Frank Madrid's poem A Marine's Mother dated January 17, 1968. Madrid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Salo Madrid of Vaughn, was killed in action February 22 in Vietnam. The verse expresses a mother's worry, a soldier's love of country, and a pledge to protect his mother even at death.
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Frank Madrid
Salomon Madrid
Vaughn
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Roswell FFA delegate and local vaccine drive noted
25 years ago on November 11 1976 Joel Johnson 17 president of Roswell High School FFA traveled to Washington DC as a Bicentennial Leadership Contest delegate. The Roswell flu clinic vaccinated 1293 RHS students and 2445 city residents. DAR Good Citizen Awards were won by Candy Werhan Tony Johnson Cynthia Utterback and Robert Fletcher at a Roswell chapter meeting.
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Future Farmers of America
Roswell High School
Washington, D.C
Johnnie Johnson
E. Hendricks St
H.E. Ozment
N. Heights Drive
Dorothy Chandler
RHS
Roswell-area
Roswell
Daughters of the American Revolution
Stanley Santheson
Candy Werhan
Goddard High School
G.A. Werhan
Tony Johnson
Doomsday ideas sought by Pentagon in Santa Fe workshop plea
The Pentagon invites garage inventors to submit terrorism combat ideas by Dec 23 through www.bids.tsng.gov. It seeks broad, practical concepts beyond government tinkering, citing American ingenuity with NM ties to Robert Goddard and tech founders.
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New Mexico
Robert Goddard
Roswell
Bill Gates
Paul Allen
Microsoft
Albuquerque
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Philippines
Paradise
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Emilio Aguinaldo
U.S
Spain
Pancho Villa
Columbus
Villa
Jay Miller
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N.M
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Veterans Day Highlights From History Brief
Today marks Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. Key events on this date include the 1918 WWI armistice signing and Nat Turner’s 1831 execution, with other notes on statehood and notable firsts.
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Canada
Germany
Massachusetts
Nat Turner
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Washington
Harding
Arlington National Cemetery
Kate Smith
Irving Berlin
Rhodesia
Britain
Cape Kennedy
Fla
James A. Lovell
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Olson pleads guilty in SLA bombing case in California courtroom
Sara Jane Olson, also known as Kathleen Soliah, pleaded guilty in Minnesota to two felony counts tied to bomb plots against police, part of a plea bargain that dropped three other charges. After pleading, Olson renounced the plea and spoke of the era's influence on her actions. Patricia Hearst’s earlier SLA notoriety is noted.
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Mary
Nostalgiaville
Sara Jane Olson
Kath
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Fall and Fountain Feud Ties to New Mexico Political Turmoil
In a mid-1890s power struggle in southern New Mexico, Albert Fall dislodged Speaker Fountain from his seat and built a party machine in Dona Ana County. Fountain later vanished with his son Henry after a Lincoln County grand jury probes amid threats. Fall’s influence and the era’s rustler turmoil shaped the region’s politics.
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Southeastern
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Oliver Lee
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Alamogordo
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