May 31, 1949, Appleton Post-Crescent
This article is a follow-up to last week's news that the 1949 Memorial Day observance would not be a combined Twin Cities affair. Instead, we got a timely address by a Milwaukee VFW official touting the veteran as a harbinger of public policy, just four years after the end of World War II. He went on to make other salient points, revealing his belief that public service is a fair trade for all the benefits a citizen could receive and that patriotism begins at home via the parents' influence on their children. It's good, timeless advice for any era.
The parade route through Menasha includes Commercial Street. I'm assuming the columnist meant Main Street, or am I ignorant about the street names in 1949?
ReplyDeleteI think you are correct, Wally.
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