by Mari K Eder | Jun 3, 2025 | Newsletters
June 1945 ushered in a sudden adjustment to the concept of peace. Major Charity Adams and the 855 soldiers in her unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion, were all contemplating a return home to America and to civilian life. There were still challenges for,... 
by Mari K Eder | May 8, 2025 | Newsletters
On May 8th, 1945, the war ended in Europe. While people were dancing in the street in Times Square, New York City Policewoman Mae Foley was on her way downtown. She’d taken the 7 train into Midtown from Queens that morning but didn’t realize she wouldn’t be able to... 
by Mari K Eder | Sep 3, 2024 | Newsletters
Watching so much of the Olympics in August was a wonderful way to celebrate the ways in which people find and groom their specialized and particular skills to the very height of competitive excellence. Seeing how hard world-class athletes work to maintain their... 
by Mari K Eder | Aug 6, 2024 | Newsletters
I’ve been rereading some of the information on the incredible Mary Barraco and I continue to learn more about her remarkable penchant for giving back in her later years. While she fought with the resistance in Belgium during World War II, was imprisoned and tortured,... 
by Mari K Eder | Apr 4, 2023 | Newsletters
In midsummer 1942, a twelve-year-old girl living in Amsterdam felt her life shift from freedom to fear. Anne Frank and her family went into hiding to avoid being arrested and deported by the Nazis. Thirty-six miles south of the Frank family’s hiding place, in an annex...