by Kenneth Corn | Sep 8, 2025 | Living Histories
On June 3rd, the Board of Directors renamed the Merchant Marine exhibit to the Harold E. Wellington Merchant Marine of World War II Memorial Gallery in honor of long-time museum volunteer Harold Wellington. In the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Wellington 鈥淐rossed the...
by Guest Author | Jan 24, 2024 | Living Histories
Cuban Missile Crisis It is certainly no exaggeration to say that聽the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962 was聽the most dangerous incident occurring during the decades-long Cold聽War between the Free World and the Union of聽Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In this...
by Janis | Sep 30, 2023 | Living Histories
The Battle of Okinawa He served as Rifleman in the 184th Rgt., fighting in the last battle of World War II, the Battle of Okinawa. Brevard resident James Milton Fletcher served in the U.S. Army Reserves from June 6, 1944 to December 1956. 聽He was serving in Okinawa...
by Kenneth Corn | Apr 27, 2023 | Living Histories
It Came Without Warning By Tech. Sgt. Brian Christiansen, USAF (Ret.) April 27, 2011 鈥 Kabul, Afghanistan My office sits behind a 60-person auditorium on the second floor of what looks like an old hanger. Our office could have been a projection room and storage area...
by Commander | Feb 4, 2023 | Living Histories
Picture above: A buddy wearing goofy glasses with Sgt. Hallimore Blackhawk Unit- 7th Armored Squadron (Air)First Cavalry 鈥 Attached to the 1st Aviation BrigadeVINH LONG, VIETNAM As a teenager I often had a reoccurring dream which I hoped would never end; in the...
by Michel Robertson | Jul 28, 2022 | Living Histories
Michael Di Rocco On July 8 and 9, family, friends, members of the community, and military comrades gathered to pay respects to Michael 鈥淢ike鈥 Di Rocco of Brevard, NC. Husband, father, friend, parishioner, Marine, Green Beret, adventurer, restaurateur, and volunteer...
