January Lights for Peace Flag to honor Walter D. LaBerge
Standard-Times
During the month of January, the 17th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Walter LaBerge, who served with the United States Army from 1959 to 1965.
LaBerge entered into the military on Nov. 4, 1959 and did his basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was attached to Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry as an infantry soldier assigned to Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Wintertime temperatures in the area around Fort Richardson can range from 80 degrees below zero to 40 degrees, according to militarybases.com. Soldiers stationed at Fort Richardson are required to learn and master unique skills that are taught in few other places. Winter survival, tundra crossing, river lining, snow and glacier travel, snow combat and cold weather vehicle operation are all part of the normal training program at the base.
Dr. Amy Oatis to Participate in Moby Dick Marathon Reading
January 6, 2021
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Dr. Amy Oatis, associate professor of English at University of the Ozarks, will participate in the 25th annual
Moby Dick Marathon Reading, presented by the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts.
The annual event that celebrates Herman Melville’s iconic 1851 novel will be conducted in a virtual format Jan. 8-10, 2021.
The event is presented by the museum each January to coincide approximately with the anniversary of Melville’s own departure on the whaling ship Acushnet. The weekend of Melville-centered programming includes scholarly and cultural presentations along with a
It’s not often that a supporter comes along and is the catalyst of transformative change.
Gurdon Wattles used to sit with me in the galleries of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and review draft sketches of a reimagined campus as we talked about our shared goals for visitors and our desire to increase learning about the region’s important history.
His ideas exemplified his care and concern for the visitor’s experience. “How do we say hello?” he once said to me when we were dreaming through changes to our entrance.
Gurdon literally and figuratively transformed the Museum through massive endeavors like the four-story Wattles Jacobs Education Center and the Wattles Family Gallery (our fine art gallery). He routinely and quietly funded our college internship program, improvements to technology, gallery acoustics, and made our ambitious strategic planning possible.