08 Monday Feb 2016
Posted in Everyday Archivist
Welcome back to 70 Artifacts for 70 years! Look for our logo in platinum for the 70 years of the Stark County Historical Society!
On this anniversary of the beginning of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) February 8, 1910 we showcase for you some very reminiscent days of the Boy Scout Program here in Stark County!
Visit the Ramsayer Research Library in the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM to view any of these DVDs.
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05 Friday Feb 2016
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While organizing in the Ramsayer Research Library, I opened up a file marked Canton Bridge Company. Within the file was a plain white mail envelope with the words, “New Canton Bridge (Restored.)” Also enclosed was a hand written letter to the museum that starts out with the word: Friends. This letter dated November 6, 2005 was written by a then eighty-four year old, combat veteran of World War II.
Vaughn Keith Hendricks was born in Upland, Franklin County, Nebraska on Oct. 14, 1921. He served in the United States Army during WW II from August 1942 to November 1945. During his time he saw combat, and helped to liberate people in Europe from Nazi Concentration Camps.
When I found this letter, and the photographs, I had high expectations of writing to this man, or even speaking to him on the phone, to get his perspective on the Canton Bridge in his native Nebraska. Unfortunately, Mr. Hendricks passed away in 2008. He sent the letter, and the photographs and on the back of each photograph states, “Do Not Send Back”
Eight years before Mr. Hendricks was born, another set of heroes from Canton, Ohio constructed a bridge that would soon live in South Central Nebraska.
There is so much more to the story to tell. Please visit The Archway
Source: Find-A-Grave Vaughn Keith Hendricks
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