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Remember Our Veterans

October 27, 2021

Arts, Exclusive, Stories

Tags: Memorial Day, Military, Veterans Day, World War II, WWII

November 11th is Veterans Day. I have known and do know many veterans and love hearing their stories…if I can get them to talk. The past has taught me that many veterans don’t talk much about their military experiences. I have concluded it is usually for one of two reasons. Either they don’t want to relive those experiences…
Lucius McAdam: Baca County Pioneer and Confederate Veteran

April 27, 2016

Arts, History

Tags: 1938, 1940, Barney Wilson, Chuck Wilson, Civil War, Confederate, Lucius McAdam, McAdam, Military, Pioneer, springfield, Vilas, walsh

Lucius McAdam came to Las Animas County Colorado in 1886. This was a couple years before Baca County was split off from Las Animas County and established as a county. McAdam was born in Chariton County Missouri January 16, 1845. He left Chariton County in 1884, spent a couple years in western Kansas before moving…
Letters From a Navy Boy – November 11, 1942

August 6, 2014

History, Stories

Tags: Charles Brooks, Letters, Military, Navy, Southeast Colorado, Vance Alfrey, Vilas

As I move many of my dad’s Navy letters to a digital format I will occasionally provide samples as shown below. I picked this one simply because it was from the set of letters from 1942 which I thought was lost. Also most of the language from the letter is original. I changed a couple items…
Letters Home: The Process for this Project is Developing.

April 13, 2014

Arts, History

Tags: Charles Brooks, Google Docs, How to, Military, Navy

I am beginning the process of what I hope will be transcribing all of my Dad’s letters home from the Navy during WWII. Since I don’t really know what I am doing I thought I would just start. I don’t have a scanner with me so I will be adjusting some things I as…

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Lucius McAdam: Baca County Pioneer and Confederate Veteran

Letters From a Navy Boy – November 11, 1942

Letters Home: The Process for this Project is Developing.

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