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We Are So Honored
Number 229 from Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery... By SUE HUNTER WEIR Where to begin? October 2024 was one of the most exciting months in the Cemetery’s recent history. People, some born almost 200 years ago, finally received the recognition that they deserve for their bravery and resilience. There were three major events, each worthy of its own Cemetery Tale and those will appear in future issues of the alley. In the meantime… Northern Bedrock staff resetting and stabilizing the marker of Solomon Hare, African-American Civil War veteran and Buffalo Soldier. SOURCE: Sarah Musgrave Cemetery as ClassroomOn October 12, 2024, the Cemetery served as a classroom. Rethos and Northern Bedrock offered a class on marker restoration and repair. There were two sections of the class. The first was reserved for the Minneapolis Chapter of Wounded Warriors and the second for members of the general public who are interested in learning how to make sure that some of [...]
Timing is Everything
from the series Peace House Community Journal... Illustration: Jake Ryan Marti Maltby I’ve had a hard time settling on a topic for this month’s column. I’m writing this about a week after the election, which is obviously a significant event, and the implications of the election results are big enough that I should probably say something. But you won’t read this until at least a couple of weeks from now because of the production and distribution times involved in publishing the alley. So if I say anything about the election, it will be outdated by the time you see this, at least in some respects. There’s also the fact that I’m Canadian, living in the U.S. as a Permanent Resident without American citizenship. Emotionally, the election doesn’t have the same significance for me as it does for Americans, or for non-Americans with a less secure immigration status than I do. While I and almost everyone I know will be affected by the events of the next few years, I [...]
