Washington, Illinois, resident Mary Kerr said the war caused everyone to sacrifice. “When we went into Iraq in 2001, there was no difference in my life because we went to war….
Somewhere in England. Somewhere in France. When Mollie Weinstein wrote home during World War II her letters, mostly lighthearted narratives of dating and sightseeing, usually arrived…
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services (LIS) has accepted the donation of a unique, extensive set of family scrapbooks dating from the 1940s…
When Frank Burch returned from military service in Vietnam in 1971 he was greeted by a hug from his father and protests by anti-war activists. “I flew into Lambert Field in St. Louis,…
A little-known episode in Chicago history after the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor appeared in the 2000 obituary of Leonard Japp Sr., also known as the “Potato Chip…
For everyone involved, the demolition of the American Legion Fred Herring Post 89 in Metamora was a sad situation. A portion of its past, however, has been salvaged and sheltered…
When Frank Burch returned from military service in Vietnam in 1971 he was greeted by a hug from his father and protests by anti-war activists. “I flew into Lambert Field in St. Louis,…
In a 1937 photo, the smartly dressed museum curator perches at his workbench, surrounded by metalworking tools, a knight’s helmet and medieval battle axe. Antique photo scrapbooks…
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