American Legacies Organization, Inc.

Authored By: Dr. Zo L. Simmons

Wartime Editor

January 5, 1942

Army Bombers Hit Japanese Battleship.

Canteen front (above) is blue and reads: 25th anniversary of the Order 1891 Organized April 6, 1866 Grand Army of the Republic. Back is red and reads: We drank from the same canteen 1861-1865 Size is 2 1/2 inches in diameter

Brief History of the Grand Army of the Republic

By Jennifer Thompson

This is my dad, Ken Van Slyke, when he was Lt. Ken Van Slyke, Army Air Force, 99th Combat Bomb Wing.

By: David R. Van Slyke

As distributed by the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce

The Battle of Resaca was the first major engagement of the campaign for Atlanta.

Most of the time when researching your families, you find information which has been provided by others. This information can be found as notes left at your genealogical or historical society or library, published information which was taken from other records, (such as church or cemetery records), or actual published genealogies. All of this information is valuable, although care must be taken in accepting some of this data.

By Lee J. Thatcher

Corn Drying

Sent in by: Knapper

One of my favorite memories was when my grandmother would dry corn on the stove. She had this square gray container that was as big as the entire top of the stove. She sat it on top of all the burners and filled it with fresh corn cut off the cob. She would stay up late at night drying load after load of corn.

By Kathy Warnes

One of America's bravest war heroes never fired a shot at the enemy that he helped conquer. His picture doesn't stare from the history books and he doesn't lie in Arlington National Cemetery. But Private John Kissinger of Huntington, Indiana, made an invaluable contribution to American health.

In the words of his commanding officer, Major Walter Reed, "In my opinion his exhibition of moral courage has never been surpassed in the annals of the Army of the United States."