April 23, 2024
Tag: Lawrence Welk
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Lawrence Welk – Musician and Showman!
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One of America’s best known entertainment personalities was the son of a North Dakota farmer. In a time of innocence and naiveté, but also when guile and deceit were not unknown, Lawrence Welk showed his contemporaries how the American Dream was supposed to work. Hard work pays; so does decency and honesty. Duane Stabler tells…
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January 10, 2022 4 Comments
In the vernacular we’re talking about hats and shoes. But, if you were a doughboy in World War I, your world was much more defined – you wore a helmet and boots. When a member of the American Expeditionary Forces dressed for battle his uniform alone was 44 pounds.