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(Tribune News Service) Months into her role at Fort Monroe’s
Casemate Museum, director Francoise Bonnell has kept busy discovering relics within its cavernous halls and stories yet to be shared. But cleaning, archiving and moving bookcases inside a museum embedded within a stone structure two centuries old comes with drawbacks water gets inside easily and nobody knows exactly what’s buried around there. “I think the greatest challenge, that we’re faced is the age. There’s not anything I’ve realized now that I’m going to set my eyes on doing that will not have immediate challenges because of the age of the space. But that kind of challenge, I find quite remarkable,” Bonnell said.
BerkeleyCaliforniaUnited-statesScripps-collegeWest-pointCharlottet-mcgrawFranoise-bonnellAnn-macdonaldEducation-centerArmy-women-foundationArmy-women-museumCasemate-museumWhen a young farm girl from Milton, Vermont, decided to serve her country during World War II by joining the WAVES her parents received a letter from the Navy.
The letter, dated 11 August 1944, congratulated them on their daughterâs service, and assured them that she would be cared for and âprotectedâ in every way possible while serving in the Navy.
âOur young women in the service will live normal, well-regulated lives with ample sleep and excellent food,â the letter went on to say. âThey will have every possible opportunity to attend the churches of their choice and to participate in the activities of the communities where they are stationed.â(tncms-asset)c28c77b6-5c2f-11eb-a022-00163ec2aa77[0](/tncms-asset)
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