A Christmas Update

Boxing Day 2011, I am visiting dad again and he has asked me to update you on his progress. For the past few months he has been taking the c...

"My Dear Little Boys..." A Christmas Letter

Marine 1st Lt. Leonard Isaacks was serving in the Pacific during World War II when he wrote this Christmas letter to his two young sons. He ...

The Story of a WWI Uniform and the Woman Who Wore It

Hello and season's greetings from Finding the Forty-Seven! I'm a bit late in posting my regular blog, but as Bob Cratchit told Ebene...

Review: The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy

Sometimes, a book is so beautifully written that you love the writing just as much as you love the story. That was the case with Margaret Le...

70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

To all the men who lost their lives that day...we remember you.

Destruction of War Memorial at Mount Allison

It's just an old brick building on a beautiful university campus in New Brunswick. Not really important in the scheme of things--much mo...

Photographs of Ada Ross Funeral

Contributor Annette Fulford has sent me a link that you may want to visit, as well. It shows photos of the funeral of Nursing Sister Ada Ros...