Category: American Heritage
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1906
This is your life. Born July 13, 1906 in Greene Co.. Not a farmer’s daughter. Professional medical care was by Dr. Jackson, Pleasantville, Ind. at 25 cents per visit. Some of your education was in one and two room schools. You went to school in a wagon pulled by two horses. During this time your…
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Summer School With a Twist
By the timestamp on my paperwork for my class, my one summer course was taken in 2005. This was a very trying and overwhelming year for our family. It was the year of Firsts. The first planting season without Grandpa all of the firsts you can think of we went through all of them. I…
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For Such A Time: Patriots & Allies
Did you know a lot as a 10 year kid? Maybe there’s a difference in us being here and this particular 10 year old; since he was on another continent. Do you think you would have had as much comprehension if a superpower was in your country? Nasrat Ahmad Yar was only 31 years old.…
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Those Old Things… Before Computers
Last night I got to do something for the first time. When I began in school computers had already taken over what the typewriters had accomplished in spades. So my class had lessons in typing on the computers I have never had a typewriter or didn’t think we still had one around. Until a month…
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An Actor: For Such A Time
There are some people that God truly puts on this earth to make a difference for such a time as this. This man has to have been made specifically for the past twenty some years. I remember, absolutely, how I was introduced to James Caviezel through my television screen at college. My Uncle’s Tony and…
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A Special Book
How do you protect treasures from World War 2, but still allow the family to share the artifacts? There are several sources to this collection; it’s really quite remarkable. This is the 3rd or 4th book I have tried to put it together in. Yet the collection keeps growing. So I guess I’ll see how…
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The Patriotic Normalcy of an Evening on the 4th
My definition of normal 4th of July has been different the past few holidays. However, this was a new first. We had the Covid year being told a parade would not happen in Linton. I remember being a part of the group praying this would work and oh boy God worked through this Prayer Brigade…
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The Tree Song
Growing up on the Alsman side there is one obviously large tree close to my Grandparents house. In my mind as a child and as an adult; that’s our Family Tree. Monday night as we sat outside under the span of its leaves from the branches talk emanated. We recently had some guys cut the…
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New Finds of Old Family Treasures
All of these are Albums Different sizes, simple to intricately stitched. I absolutely loved finding these unique and intriguing looking photo albums. Do You Have A Favorite Album? What do these pictures bring to your mind? The photos inside must have stories with multiple facets to each one. Perhaps these stories will manifest themselves into…
Jewells of Thought 