Two Marines Lost In Vietnam Remembered In Family Voices
A Southern Illinoisan series segment profiles two fallen Marines from Makanda and Murphysboro. Carroll Wayne Eaves died near Quang Tri on July 7, 1968 after three months in Vietnam, a runner who wrote about the flag and suffering. Thomas Dean Congiardo was killed near Danang on October 8, 1966 after seven weeks in country, a budding artist who joined the Marines under draft pressure. Both families reflect on war, faith, and the personal cost of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Beasley
Southern Illinoisan
Stanley Eaves
Vietnam
Carroll Wayne Eaves
Makanda
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Carbondale Community High School
Mamie Eaves
Carroll
Carbondale
California
Eaves
Jesus
Mrs. Eaves
Thomas Congiardo
Murphysboro
Congiardo
Jeri Lyn
Thomas Dean
Marine Corps
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
Danang
Carol Congiardo
Thomas
The
Academy of Fine Arts
Congiardos
Fort Chartres Rendezvous Returns With 18th Century Life
Fort Chartres Rendezvous returns June 9 and 10 at Fort de Chartres Historic Site near Prairie du Rocher in Randolph County. The 10th annual event showcases frontier crafts like basket weaving, blacksmithing, pewter casting, pottery, cordwaining, scrimshaw, and more, plus authentic French vocal music, period dances, military displays, puppet shows, an herb garden, and hourly 18th century cannon fire by French Colonial Marines activity runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
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Fort de Chartres
Prairie du Rocher
Randolph County
Illinois
la Guianne Singers
Singing Voyageurs
Les Danseurs de la Cour
Murphysboro Prepares to Fire Up Old Glory Fourth Show
Murphysboro’s Old Glory Fourth of July, the area’s oldest celebration at 62 years, will go on this year after the Murphysboro Booster Club secured help from the Chamber of Commerce rivals and local groups. Delayne Edwards and Russell Breading announced collaborative efforts with the Tipoff Club and the High School Wrestling Auxiliary to continue the annual promotion.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Booster Club
Chamber of Commerce
Delayne Edwards
Russell Breading
Touchdown Club
Solar federal building faces cost and obsolescence doubts
The Carbondale federal building aims to demonstrate solar use for heating cooling and water, with a $4.937 million price tag and 95 percent heating and 85 percent cooling contributions claimed by the designer, while critics and experts warn the system may be antiquated or impractical as the project nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
University Avenue
General Services Administration
Ben Copenhaver
GSA
Chicago
Copenhaver
Ralph Nader
Richard Archer
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Saginaw
Mich
Owens-Illinois
Toledo
Ohio
Department of Energy
Saginaw Building
Owens- Illinois
Val Daiga
Sunpak
Saginaw Federal
University of Michigan
Willard A. Oberdick
University
Architectural Research Laboratory
Oberdick
Carbondale Federal
Farris, Hatcher, Tremper and Assocates, Inc
Paducah, Ky
Ron Farris
Westinghouse Co
Farris
Shawnee Solar Project
Chris Robertson
SIUC
Archer
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Thomas Dean Congiardo
Fort Chartres
Solar Federal Building
Federal
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