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Today in History
There are many mysteries to be solved in the Flanders family history line, and JANE FLANDERS is one of them!
Steven Flanders is the first Flanders listed in America. It is said that the ship that he sailed on towards America sunk before reaching land, and that his wealth and possessions were lost. However, due to him having “spektacles” (eyeglasses), he was known to be of European higher-class and educated. He married a woman named Jane, listed as ‘Sandusky Indian’, and family stories state that she was an Indian princess.
As early as the late 1500’s, the Sandusky tribe lived on the banks of the Sandusky River in Ohio. For some reason the tribe …. Read More here
The team moved to 598379 and was going to await the helicopters or until darkness and then move out.
After waiting an hour. the VC opened up on the team again from about 10 feet away. This broke up the team. The initial burst killed LCpl DOWLING. LCpl SOLOVSKOY returned fire and killed two VC
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- 1931
Merrill McGilligan
1983: Madison West Goes 18-2 to Win the State Hockey Championship
The only State Hockey Championship in School History!
Q: Where did the original Statue of Liberty on Lake Mendota end up?
Answer: The Bill Weege farm near Barneveld Wisconsin
Rev. Edward L. Buckner Dies After Being Shot Near His Home
Rev. Edward L. Buckner, of Zalma, died last Friday morning at the Cape hospital where he had been taken for an operation after being shot by an unknown person near his home Thanksgiving morning.
He was but a short distance from his home when the shots were fired at him with a shot gun.
Upcoming Birthdays
| Helen Elizabeth DUNN | 27 MAY |
| William Lewis MATTS | 27 MAY |
| Patrick FLANAGAN | 27 MAY |
| Cathy Kynn JACKSON | 27 MAY |
| Thomas FLANAGAN | 28 MAY |
| Linda LITTLE | 28 MAY |
| Luanne MCGILLIGAN | 28 MAY |
| Jon George STRMISKA | 28 MAY |
| Joseph H BANGLE | 29 MAY |
| Edward WALRACK | 29 MAY |
| Robert F BRAZEL | 29 MAY |
| J Bernard MUNSON | 29 MAY |
Upcoming Anniversaries
| Edwin Richard STAUFFACHER and Hazel Kathleen HOLDEN | 28 MAY |
| Duane Vincent MANN and Audrey Jane EVANS | 28 MAY |
| Jacob George POFF and Julia Ann LAUBAUGH | 1 JUN |
| Petrus Joannes STEVENS and Antoinette COLUMBE DE MEULENAERE | 11 JUN |
| Harold F GAVIGAN and Betsy G TROTTER | 11 JUN |
| Vincent SINGLER and Mary HEALY | 12 JUN |
| William J DOCHNAHL and Katherine Evangeline MCGILLIGAN | 12 JUN |
In Memoriam
| Margaret FRANK | 27 MAY 1876 |
| Andrew CAVANAUGH | 27 MAY 1892 |
| Rosa E HOBBS | 27 MAY 1903 |
| Anna GULBRANDSDATTER GILBERTSON | 27 MAY 1933 |
| Willard SCHWARTZ | 27 MAY 1972 |
| Emma Carolyn NELSON | 27 MAY 1974 |
| Melba Carolyn RUDEBECK | 27 MAY 1995 |
| Elvira BURNETT | 28 MAY 1875 |
| John Henry YAGER | 28 MAY 1914 |
| Else Maud FLANDERS | 28 MAY 1925 |
| Edymon MCCUE | 28 MAY 1971 |
| Regina E CROWLEY | 28 MAY 1981 |
| Otto Edwin MIELENZ | 28 MAY 2019 |
| JoAnn Patricia KLEINHEINZ | 28 MAY 2023 |
| Stephen FLANDERS | 29 MAY 1689 |
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