Memorial Day Reflections on Heroes and Nation
A tribute praising American sacrifice and unity recalls Memorial Day origins from Civil War leaders to World War I and II. The piece honors fallen soldiers, the doughboys, and the Maine, Lusitania, and Arlington tomb, emphasizing liberty humanity and justice as guiding national ideals.
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John Dickinson Sherman
America
Europe
France
Belgium
England
Meuse-Argonne
Romayne-soue-Montfaucon
Meuse
Mintel
Thiaucourt
Lusitania
Arlington
Harding
Capitol
Washington
Tincoin
Republic
Soldier Louis Kosmen’s Death Delays Family Reunion
An Albanian-born World War I veteran Louis Kosmen dies in a St Paul hospital just after inviting his widowed mother a nineteen year old and a fourteen year old brother to join him in America. The family’s long voyage from Europe to reunite ends in tragedy.
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Louis Koamenta
St. Paul, Minn
Europe
America
Louis Kosmen
Kosmen
American Legion
Buty Ind
Greece
Aspasia Gerdan
United States
Legion to aid World War I veterans in prison rehab plan
The American Legion will co operate with the Veterans Bureau to extend vocational training and medical services to about 18 000 World War I veterans in federal and state prisons. Joe Sparks says guardians for mentally disabled ex servicemen may be named, with initial testing in Atlanta Leavenworth and McNeil Island.
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American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Joe Sparks
Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Legion Officiala
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Canada’s Vimy Ridge memorial park planned in France
France grants 250 acres for a memorial on Vimy Ridge where Canadian troops fought and died. Walter Allward, the Toronto sculptor, designed the monuments to overlook the war-torn fields. The project aims to plant Canadian trees and flowers to create a lasting tribute and convert the land into a commemorative park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Vimy Ridge
la Acen
France
Walter Allward
Toronto
Restored health stories from Milwaukee readers
Letters from Milwaukee residents describe recovery from various ailments after using Vegetable Com. The notes praise relief from health woes and express gratitude, highlighting the product’s perceived benefits and the writers’ improved well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwaukee
Wisconsin
Mary Sarchace
Milwaukee
Edgeworth tobacco praised by Whitlock in fan letter
A wholesome letter from Al F Whitlock of Richmond praises Edgeworth pipe tobacco and urges maintaining its quality rather than pushing improvements. The note notes customer satisfaction, offers free samples, and seeks dealer addresses for distribution.
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Edgeworth
Eden
Uae
al. F. Whitlock
Whitlock
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Tower of Liberty
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Belleau
Aisne
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Suresnes
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Flanders Field
Waereghem
Brookwood
Surrey
Hig
Roy
Marie
Roye
Frances
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-fifth Division
A.B. . Par
Robert Alexander
Thera
Washlington
Jefferson
Adams
Franklin
Sherman
Livingston
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Bale
Greene
Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
John Paul Jones
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Mississippi
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Mexico
Paulo Alto
Resaca
Buena Vista
Monterey
Chapultepec
Whofield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Mulnola
White House
Lincoln
Appomattox
John. A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Maine
Havana Harbor
Stars and Stripes
Ike
Bob” Evans
Santiago
Ened
Veterans’ Branch
Institutiona
Accomac Strees
Louis, Larne & Brother Company
Mond, Vas
Larret Richmond
Aso Leo
Addrees
Desler
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