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Day 303

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Text: ...But when the dust cleared, it was found that she was a dedicated QAnon follower, a white woman, a veteran and a strong believer in Trump and violence to achieve all ends. Take a moment to consider the difference. Last night I watched Joe Biden almost lose his temper as he articulated the di...

Day 307

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Text: ..., who hadn’t instructed police to bring gear like gas masks, but from an Instagram screenshot texted to him by a friend. A veteran officer said, “that was a heavily trained group of militia terrorists that attacked us,” describing the rioters with two-way radios and bear spray in the ...

Day 204

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Text: ...Craig was contracted to lecture on Big History. I had no idea what to expect. I had friends who were veteran cruisers and they told me I would love it. I wasn’t sure. To board the ship we flew to Hong Kong. This was the first of many destinations I had never been to. Just a note here - I ...

Warner, Mary

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Text: ...And there was a Colonel [Loomis K.] Bishop lived on the corner [now 457 Paris] and he was a Civil War veteran and he‟d been made the postman officer, post master here in Grand Rapids as an award for you know-there was-the political assignments of that kind often were given to military men...

Blake, Dorothy

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Text: ...So Taylor must be in that direction. But we went past what we call the Soldiers Home, it‟s now called the Veteran‟s facility, and out to a pavilion that, that was there near the bridge that did cross over to the west side. Now that, that bridge was way out at Comstock Park. So Taylor mu...

June Mamagona Fletcher interview (audio and transcript)

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Text: ...ted out at Allegan General Hospital, and she worked at 1|Page various places. When she retired, she retired from Michigan Veterans Facility. [Lin] Oh. [June] And then my father was an engineer. He went to college in Angola, Indiana. He was what they call--Uh, a job shopper, or enginee...

Bender, Josephine

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Text: ...One was the” Major Watson” and the other was the “Hazel A. Major [Amasa B.] Watson” was a prominent Civil War veteran here and he lived in a big house down where Jacobsen’s downtown place is now. The “Hazel A.” was named for Hazel Amberg. They were a very prominent family here...

Robinson, Doris

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Text: ...And later he was made head of the Soldier‟s Home, out on the North end where the Veterans are now. It was the Soldiers‟ Home and he was demoted, well he was Colonel because that was the actual title that went with that home, that office. They were quite a colorful family, I think, and I...

Frey, David, G. video interview and transcript

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Text: ...OCS in Newport, Rhode Island. (JS): Well, since you are talking to the Director of the GVSU Veteran’s History Project, I’m going to have to ask you a few questions about that. What did your training program consist of? Oral History Interview with David Frey, May 7, 2010 2 (DF): Well...

Wolf, Estelle

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Text: ...ne year, and finished my courses there, and graduated, so to speak. I stayed in Chicago and worked for the Red Cross, in the Veteran‟s Hospital for several years. Then Catherine Murray, who I mentioned several times, she said to me one day, “Let‟s go to Europe”. So I resigned my job...

Green Scrapbook

Green scrapbook with a number of newspaper clippings and photos related to the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club

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