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Category: World War II
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(By Ken Germanson – From a homily presented before the Community of the Living Spirit, a nondenominational worship group in Waukesha WI. Feb. 23, 2025) From childhood on, most of us have been taught – or should I say “indoctrinated” – to worship the flag, to say the Pledge of Allegiance with reverence and to…
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Yes, the world is in a horrifying mess, but I look back just in the past 92 years of my life to see we’ve been here before.
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No toilet paper to buy? Nor disinfectant? Eggs? Bread? Today’s empty shelves are rarely caused by shortages of the goods, but by the hoarding and over-buying by many panicked American families. Sadly, this hoarding mentality seems to be growing exponentially; when my neighbor buys several packages of toilet paper rolls, I’m tempted to rush to…
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How an innocent 15-year-old boy inadvertently learns about life. To his embarrassment!
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Seventy-five years ago – Dec. 7, 1941 – was in the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt “a date which will live in infamy,” so named because of the sneak attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. Most Americans may know the day from the history books as the historical event that prompted the President…
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Perhaps no date stands out more in my long life than August 6, 1945. It was two days before my 16th birthday and it had been a warm summer day. I had biked home, carrying my ragtag golf clubs on my back after playing 27 holes of golf. It was six o’clock and my parents…
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There are dates in history, for those of us who lived through them, we never forget. Most all Americans over the age of 13 or so can tell you exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, the day the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania farm field were hit by terrorists. For most…
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As a teenager during World War II, I recall vividly how the entire population was involved in the War: my uncle who lived with us was drafted in 1940, my dad was air raid warden on our block, we contributed valuable pennies and dimes to War Stamps and Bonds. There was no escape from the…
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