The Gifts of Christmas The holly in the windy hedgeAnd round the Manor House the yewWill soon be stripped to deck the ledge,The altar, font and arch and pew,So that the villagers can say'The church looks nice' on Christmas Day. … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian's Corner
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Milton Cochran, USMCPart III See part 1 here. See part 2 here. It takes a special kind of woman to choose a man as broken in body and spirit as Milt Cochran: She must accept that the road ahead will be very hard, the days will be long and … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
Milton Cochran, USMC Part II See part 1 here. See part 3 here. So, Milt Cochran became “Doc” to a platoon of Marines. He followed them through the jungles of Vietnam where temperatures over 120 degrees were common. They fought the enemy and they … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
Milton C. Cochran, USMC Part I See part 2 here. See part 3 here. Antoinette “Toni” Cochran awoke suddenly; she sat bolt upright in the darkness and shook her husband: “Bus, Bus, wake up! Something terrible has happened to Milt. I don’t know how I … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
Pilgrim or Puritan? We today often use the words Puritan and Pilgrim interchangeably, and yet the difference in the two is quite significant: those who came on the Mayflower to found the starving colony of Plymouth in 1620 were the Pilgrims; the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
West Haven’s Earliest Days Part VI See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 4 here. See part 5 here. See part 6 here. We acknowledge the efforts of Lorraine Wood Rockefeller, who originally set these words down in about … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
I looked up to them all, and most of them are gone now. There were two of my Sunday School teachers: Mr. Muirhead, who had served in World War II and when asked about it, told a group of seven-year-olds, “Well, they pushed us, and we pushed them … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
West Haven’s Earliest Days Part V See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 4 here. See part 6 here. We acknowledge the efforts of Lorraine Wood Rockefeller, who originally set these words down in about 1960. Early … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
West Haven’s Earliest Days Part IV See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 5 here. See part 6 here. We acknowledge the efforts of Lorraine Wood Rockefeller, who originally set these words down in about 1960. Early New … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Historian’s corner
West Haven’s Earliest Days Part III See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 4 here. See part 5 here. We acknowledge the efforts of Lorraine Wood Rockefeller, who originally set these words down in about 1960. A footbridge was built … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner