Are you a veteran or were you a civilian supporting the war effort at home? What stories did your parents, grandparents and friends tell about being in the war or living through the war years? If you have a story, we’d like to record and preserve it. With support from the Longaberger Foundation, we are recording WWII stories in
Thursday, April 3, 9am to 4pm
The Longaberger Company Home Office
You may bring World War II photos, letters, souvenirs, and mementos to share with your story. Items will be videotaped and posted to WOSU’s ohiowarstories.org.
Bluegrass music was not even playing during World War II, but it is now helping veterans see the memorial erected in their honor in the capital of the nation they gave so much for. From the Springfield News-Sun:
By Matt Sanctis
When PIK Crew members pluck their banjos and strum their guitars during each show, they play for the love of music, not money.They’ve spent the last three years proving it too.
Since 2005, the bluegrass band has raised more than $20,000 for Honor Flight, a local organization that raises money for World War II veterans to visit their memorial in Washington, D.C. in the spring and summer.
The band consists of Bernice Allen and her relatives who have been learning and playing music together for about five years,
The money they’ve raised was enough to pay for two flights of 40 World War II veterans to visit Washington D.C. to see the World War II memorial, said Honor Flight Founder Earl Morse.
“What she does and who she plays music for, these are people that don’t have a lot of money, but they do have a lot of patriotism,” Morse said.
Read more here.
It is good to see the spirit of patriotism and civic duty still alive generations after boys like Charles did everything in their power to serve their country.
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Ohiowarstories.org is funded by the Ohio Humanities Council.
With generous support from the Longaberger Foundation, we are recording WWII stories in Licking County.
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