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Lipscomb, Texas 79056
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November 14, 2010

WOLF CREEK HERITAGE MUSEUM NOTES
by Virginia Scott

MUSEUM HAPPENINGS

This was a busy week for us. We received our new shelves on Friday so Wednesday was spent cleaning out the space for them. We also received word that we were granted a grant from THC for the purchase of photographic material for our collection. Look for our press release about the grant. On Sunday we had our reception for Veterans. This year we honored Vietnam Veterans and we had a great crowd. County Judge Willis Smith presented Certificates to all Vietnam Veterans present. Barry Schoenhals presented a special certificate to Palma Koschke, Lipscomb County only Gold Star Mother. He also read the recent article about Michael's name on the Vietnam Wall being in a photo featured in the Tourist Brochure for Washington, D.C.

The program was a great tribute to our Lipscomb County Veterans. Refreshments were served after the program and a lot of good conversation followed. A good day for Veterans Day weekend.

A REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE WILL RETURN IN JANUARY REFRESHED AND RESTED.

HISTORICAL MUSING

This week in history:
  1. 1961 President John F. Kennedy decides to increase the number of American advisers in Vietnam from 3,200 to 16,000 over the next two years. 1864 General William t. Sherman begins his 300 mile march of destruction across Georgia to the sea.


  2. 1969 In the largest antiwar demonstration in U.S. History, an estimated 250,000 people march in Washington, D.C. to protest the war in Vietnam.


  3. 1907 Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as the forty-sixth state.


  4. 1945 President Harry S. Truman trying to carry on the social agenda of Franklin Roosevelt, asks Congress to create a program of national health insurance.


  5. 1969 The Department of Agriculture bans the insecticide DDT in residential areas.
Have a good week.


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