Tag: American Legion Post 459
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The gateway to summer
A beautiful spring with warm days, blossoming plants and flowers is the gateway to a long anticipated summer. I vividly remember the spring of 1945, as I recall in my book, “The Sojourners, Life on the American Homefront during WWII”. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, Vice President Harry Truman became president, my grandmother died and…
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The summer of decision
Harry Truman had no sooner moved into the oval office as our 33rd president when Germany collapsed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his hands on the wheel guiding the ship of state up to this point. Now, Truman, without any previous driving instructions, had to grab the wheel and keep us on course. This man –…
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Spring brings eternal hopes
The bare Forsythia bushes next to my house have started to be speckled with small yellow buds, while not far away a daffodil sprout has pushed away the grains of topsoil as it reaches for the sun. The magic of spring starts to make its appearance as the earth rotates to the position that gives…
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February’s magic moments at Guadalcanal
Whoever made the calendar had some days leftover, so they made February. With not enough days to be a real month, February had a real identity problem. Sometimes it wanted to be a winter month; other times it wanted to be a spring month. Not really being one of either, it got stuffed in after…
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Spring is the beginning of the beginning
I don’t know if the U.S. Army had an official groundhog and an official Groundhog Day ceremony. I kind of doubt it. Of course, they had plenty of us human ground animals that lived in holes in the ground, who wouldn’t mind going back to sleep for another six weeks. But, our job was to…
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The Holiday Season Spectaculars
By Richard Pender Special to Newspaper Media Group Our annual holiday season begins with the arrival of Santa Claus in the Thanksgiving Day Parade. This cold weather season of feasting, parties and shopping overshadows days and events of historical significance that occurred during this season in years past. The Thanksgiving holiday in 1950 brought…
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Veterans thankful for remembrance of World War I
The A. Leigh Pardun American Legion Post 459 of North Brunswick, the Clark-Moetz VFW Post 2319 of North Brunswick and Milltown, the North Brunswick World War 1 Centennial Commemoration Committee and North Brunswick Township High School wish to thank and express their sincere appreciation to all who participated, assisted, helped and donated to the North…
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World War I committee to display artifacts from The Great War
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A local committee formed to preserve the history of the Great War will present a special exhibit this weekend. The “North Brunswick Remembers” exhibit will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 21 at American Legion Post 459, 1015 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. The exhibit will display objects, including…
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Legion post to hold World War I exhibit on Oct. 21
The World War I exhibit, “North Brunswick Remembers,” will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 21 at American Legion Post 459, 1015 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. The exhibit will display objects which will include military uniforms, medals, diaries and historic photographs. Donations from the public are welcome. There will also…