December 15, 2025
Tag: Maine
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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October 24, 2023 2 Comments
This letter* from “Little Larry” to his Grams, who is back home in Kentucky, assures her that he is safe, doing his duty as a good soldier, and staying true to his family values is enlightening in many ways. The personal histories of the “Greatest Generation” still tug at America’s heartstrings.
* Part of a militaria collection in a Virginia historical society.