A blog which supplements my two books, Menasha, and Neenah and Menasha: Twin Cities of the Fox Valley
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Downtown 1958
Thursday, May 17, 2018
A Different WWII Parade
While their fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles, and neighbors toiled overseas and elsewhere to make the world safe again, these young lasses were holding their own on the homefront, learning the maternal graces of showcasing their young charges within the confines of Jefferson Park. Receiving such a photo from the hometown newspaper must have brought such a wealth of emotions from this black and white newsprint affirmation of their dreams and aspirations, a blatant explanation of what they were fighting for.
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Miss Patricia Corry the program director was my MOM!
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