Carolyncholland's Weblog

May 31, 2010

Memorial Day Readings on Military Men

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MEMORIAL DAY

Charles F. Walker: Lamoine, ME

      Today is Memorial Day, a day when a flag is placed on the gravesite of an “unidentified Civil War Veteran” in the East Lamoine Cemetery in East Lamoine, Maine.

     Simultaneously, this very small community has a Civil War Veteran whose gravesite cannot be located.

     Could the two be a match? The story of Charles F. Walker can be read at:

RIGHTING A CIVIL WAR WRONG: A Gravestone for a Civil War Veteran

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     Navy Chief Photographer Robert Cornell, for whom the military was (more…)

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