Along one side of the meeting room is a display titled "Military" with uniforms, photos and other information.
Of interest, there is a Morse Code Training Device in an army green case. It looks somewhat like an old reel-to-reel tape recorder, but with only one reel. I don't know anything else about it.
Of interest, there are two old Saturday Evening Post magazine covers by Norman Rockwell. From a distance, one looked like they were wearing World War I uniforms and were of an American, French and British soldier.
On closer inspection, I saw the date of the issue was Nov. 3, 1917, and called Close Harmony. Must have been shortly after American troops arrived in France after the US Declaration of War. Cost of the magazine was a whole 5 cents.
The other cover was too high to see the date but it showed a World War II-era soldier, sailor and Marine. There were a large number of American military personal marching at the bottom with a multitude of flags.
Just a Little Bit of History. --Cooter
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