For 30 years, Allie Sgro cared for kids but when the pandemic hit, the child care center where she worked shut down and the chance to work with a different group took shape.
After Portsmouth native Doris Moore returned home in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in hand, she wanted to do something to help her country. America was embroiled in the Second World War at the time, a literal battle between good and evil.
Moore was a woman, and she was Black. Her opportunity to make a significant contribution to the war effort was limited not only by her gender but by her race. This opportunity ultimately arrived with the formation of the 6888th Central Postal Delivery Battalion, an all-Black detachment of the Women’s Army Corps.
In order to achieve success on the battlefield, America’s fighting men needed more than proper training and equipment; more than an effective military strategy to guide them. They had to be reminded at times just why they were fighting so far from home.
Oh New Hampshire
I love New Hampshire, Naturally.
You can see the Shaw Brothers here performing in Manchester behind the mill buildings with our friend, John Hunter on Bass:
The Shaw Brothers traveled the world playing music and, according to Cuzin Richard s post on Facebook and made famous the first rendition of the Coke Commercial, Teach the World To Sing.
Thank you for the music, Rick and Ron. From all who knew you, you were a couple of the good guys. Summer at the Park will never be the same.
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THEY TAUGHT THE WORLD TO SING: It is with sadness that we share the news from friend Sallie Macintosh of Kittery, Maine, that Rick Shaw, of the famed New Hampshire