Lawrence Lore
Sep 123 min read
Pete: First Motorcycle Cop
Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete , was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament ....
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 156 min read
Mack Vangilder WWI Vet
McKinley Roscoe “Mack” VanGilder was born August 9, 1894, in Christy Twp., Lawrence County, Illinois, to Wallace and Elmira Hughes...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 92 min read
Youngest Volunteer WWII
James Harold Bailey became one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Army volunteer inducted by the local board as reported by the...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 7, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 4 WWI Even though these letters of Miles W Adams, Amos Baird and Jess Tharp were written one hundred years ago, many of the themes...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 3 WWI Often the soldiers did not have access to a post office and letters were slow going home. The men tried to impress upon their...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 2 WWI Continued The Rainbow Division first saw action fighting alongside the French in February, 1918,(WWI) where it remained in...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 1 Miles M. Adams was born October 29, 1898 in Lawrence County to William and Stella Musgrave Adams. He and a classmate, Jess Tharp,...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Lukin Boy Joined Canadian Army
Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Visiting by Airplane
Olen King was a flight instructor at Scott Field near Belleville during World War I. He was allowed a two-day leave of absence to fly his...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 14, 20231 min read
Happy Valentines Day
These are just some of the valentines we have in our collection. On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force To Mrs George...
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