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Four Freedoms: FDR and Norman Rockwell

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist “A special Four Freedoms commemorative postage stamp has been placed on sale at the Jamestown Postoffice, Postmaster E. R. Ganey...

Incredulity and Calm Marked V-E Day

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist With the recent passing of the 78th anniversary of V-E (Victory in Europe) Day on May 8, 1945 that marked...

The Home Folk Campaign

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist Let me take you back to the war years in the 1940s once again. In my previous article “Silk to...

Silk To Metal: Jamestonians Answered The Call

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist Who would have thought that women’s hosiery could ever become a valuable asset to the war effort in the 1940s?...

She Also Served

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist In honor of Women’s History month, my thoughts turned to the women in the Jamestown area who served in WW...

Feeling the Economic Pinch

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist We’re all feeling the effects of inflation these days, and I’m sure that old saying “We’ll have to tighten our...

What—Brooklyn Square Renamed!

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist Although the renaming of Brooklyn Square, a time-honored name in Jamestown’s history, may have seemed preposterous to some, it nevertheless...

The Players Brought Christmas

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist On Friday, November 22, 1963 the country was plunged into disbelief and shock at the sudden death of President John...

Every Four Years…And Then Some

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist A few years ago my sister-in-law, Betsy Lynch, sent me a scrap book (keeper of history unknown) that contains, among...

Halloween Scenes

Contributing Writer Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist Halloween 1946 was a dismal one for me. A week or two before, I had had a tonsillectomy, and under...