Wordless Wednesday, Library of Congress American Memory Collection
I love the Library of Congress American Memory Collection (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html). Here are a couple of knitting photos I downloaded years ago.[Women knitting, as they are sitting outdoors on wooden chairs]From "Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933"

Korean War Honor Roll, Shrewsbury, MA
The last list of soldiers listed in the Book of Remembrance held by the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury is from the Korean War.HONOR ROLL – KOREAN WARLloyd Hill*Thomas H. RossGilbert HarringtonRobert OlsonArchie HortonBradford FrancisDavid WrightAlan DanielsWayne DanielsRobert SchultzPaul ClarkThornton FarnsworthLawrence BartlettRichard B. ProctorJean BoodellRobert GoodellWilliam WebbRussell WebbJohn B. SequinJoseph S. FlemingRussell EatonRichard DeanRichard GreenRichard Williams

World War II Honor Roll, Shrewsbury, MA
More from the Book of Remembrance at the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury.Albert H. AllardAbbott P. AllenHoward C. AllenRoger E. AllenGordon R. AllenRobert W. AndersonRexford H. AveryWinthrop B. AveryWallace N. BaileyDavid S. BathJames S. P. BeckJohn BergRobert E. BergstromGeorge D. BlakesleeWilliam H. Boyce, Jr.George A. Br

Ruth Sieurin, WWI Army Nurse Corps Veteran
I went in pursuit of an answer as to why Ruth Sieurin was listed as a World War I veteran in the records of the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Simple answer is that she was a nurse. I found an informative listing on the Arlington National Cemetery Website, under an entry for her husband, Willard Stewart Paul, a US Army Lieutenant General (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wsp

World War I Honor Roll, Shrewsbury, MA
The First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury has a "Book of Remembrance." It is a large volume that was created in 1956 and presented to the church by Elsie G. Cook. The occasion for this was a large building project, including the erection of a three-story addition which added a chapel, parlor, kitchen, offices and classrooms. The minister at that time was Rev. Robert Mer