Tag: The Great Depression
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Opinion: Senior community has handled past scares
I came to the realization not too long ago that I have been on this planet for almost a century. Those of my generation and I were born in the Great Depression, which was a time of great upheaval in the world. That wasn’t too long after World War I and the flu epidemic of…
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To Serve & Honor: The 1920s
One hundred years ago we were entering the second decade of the 20th century. The 1920s would become known as the Roaring Twenties. It was a decade of flapper dresses and raccoon fur coats and boisterous behavior. For many years, groups like the Woman’s Temperance League, the Anti-Saloon League and others lobbied…
