Richard Heyman From the desk of the Colonel. “In all my 90 years out of the 96 I have lived, never did I witness anything to embarrass, enrage me or make me so ashamed as the large numbers of Citizens of our great nation when they took the opportunity to[Read More…]
Author: Richard Heyman
Wars and names change; we still honor the courageous
Creswell’s Veterans Memorial will be silent this year. This is a day for remembrance. It was established many years ago to honor the military service members from the “War to end all wars.” In other words, World War I. I’m not a historian, so it is quite possible that the[Read More…]
From the desk of The Colonel: Current events recall Polio epidemic
Richard Heyman When I was a young lad in the mid-1930s the national and the rest of the civilized world was involved in several occurrences that affected us all. One was the “Great Depression,” this had started in October of 1929 and we hadn’t recovered from that when in our[Read More…]
