Mississippi or their hometown in many instances. They were going overseas to fight for a cause. They were really behind it of the most part all of the ones that i found were willing to go and serve and in some cases people wonder why we had not been there before. I had one letter from an individual who fought with the Canadian Expeditionary forces. He went early went early because he thought it was a just cause. We always read about people saying, what if the south had won the civil war . What my question is, what if we had not entered that war . The world would be a vastly different place. As for its relevance today i would not have know this if id not been researching this book, again i was not aware of the consequences. All of this trouble in the middle east that we are having right now, so so many of those countries involved, involved after world war i. Promises were made after world war i and we do not look up to them. Conflict is still resulting today because of that. So if it is
Great depression, other gaps we had, and so i started plunging in the collection and i happened upon this is years ago Works Progress administration papers, the wpa in mississippi compiled county histories, and one of the topics was war. Block. They were. That meant there was a lot more out there. In addition to looking at private collection at world war ii started reading county newspapers from all around the state. I did want to try to cover all areas of the state. I have succeeded to some degree but actually not as much as id like to because some towns where i thought there would be letters to the editor about publication from the boys overseas were not any. There could be just to the addition of the paper to get a microfilm that was not the addition that had the letters. The different additions used to be. I do not know if early on if there are two or three editions of the paper. I did the best i could. I found some wonderful letters. I tried to have men who served, i found a lot o
Their works. You can find the schedule for a when theyll be available to sign in your program. And i encourage you al all to visit with him. Thank you for doing this. This is wonderful and were excited about it. Our moderator for the panel today is jerry healthridge, the distinguished author of Theodore Roosevelt and the assassin and the campaign of 1912 and the fantastic book high cotton. Thank you, chris. Thank you for choosing to come to the mississippi History Panel this afternoon. Were fortunate we have authors of four really interesting becomes that cover the range, the spire range of mississippi history, from the earliest historic epic to the late 20 them century, so we cant ask for a better panel of authors and a wider range of mississippi history to talk about today. I would like to introduce the authors before we start. To my far left, is jim barnett. He is retired director of historic properties, division of the Mississippi Department of archives and history. He is the autho
Neighborhood to the north, where residents told us some of the gunfire came from. There were illegal fire works, too, but those typically posed no danger to planes at least. This former pilot is not worried about bullets. More concerned about birds, drones or lasers. Reporter depending on the cartridge, scientists estimate a bullet can travel as high as 10,000 feet. In california, discharging a firearm into the air is a felony. In concord, abc7 news. And more proof of just how dangerous celebration gunfire can be. A stray bullet hit a police car and an officer in stockton. When happened when the officer was unloading his car. The start of the new year brings 8,000 new laws to the state of california. Bicyclists must abide by a law. Head sets while driving are not allowed. Are those head sets . Yes. Youre not supposed to wear them. I work as a bike messenger 30 hours a week on the street. Its just a way to catch up on pod casts and its more entertaining. Reporter others are willing to g
Im feeling sorry for you once you get up, sue serio you know how it feels, so you say this is what they do every day. I did something i never do and hit the snooze button, this morning. It just delays the inevitable, stupid. I will no do that anymore. Weve got fog issues again. It seems like every morning this week we have been dealing with this. Atlantic city is sock in so is millville, new jersey. We still have problems in lancaster, reading, reduced visibility in a allentown. That could slow you down, this morning keep that in mind making plans forgetting out of the door this morning. We have 45 degrees to get you started with 7 miles visibility at philly International Airport and now 7 12 is our sunrise time. We have 38 degrees in alzawahiri even town, reading 38, 41 in trenton. Fortynine Atlantic City 406789 in wilmington. Everybody is above freezing but we are chillier then we were, yesterday, a at this time, a chillier start but we will have a milder finish to the day to day at