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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Vet is Public Opinion

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.   

2 comments:

  1. 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?

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  2. I think you are correct, Wally.

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