American Legion Post #43 Revitalized: Ep.#137

Highlights: American Legion Post #43: Revitalized and Relevant

Episode #137

Host - Theo Mayer

• 100 Years Ago: Headlines last week of August 1919 - Host | @ 02:15
• Born in the Month of August- Dave Kramer | @ 09:05
• Remembering Veterans: American Legion Post 43 Revitalized - Fernando Rivero & Lester Probst | @ 14:45 
• Articles & Posts: Dispatch Newsletter - Host | @ 32:55----more----

World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago: Headlines last week of August 1919 - Host

Sources

Carnegie’s Estate, At Death, Worth About $30,000,000, New York Times, August 29, 1919, p. 1

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/29/issue.html

“Pershing Rejects Call to Testify,” New York Times, August 31, 1919, p.1

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/31/109332474.html?pageNumber=1

“Pershing Rank Bill to Pass Tomorrow, Washington Post, August 31, 1919, p. 1

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/event/explorer-trivia-night-f19/

Girl Ordered Shot Arrives here Safe”, New York Times, August 26, 1919, p. 6, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/08/26/issue.html

Jemison, Dick, “Record Price is Offered for Ruth,” Atlanta Constitution, August 30, 1919, p.21

https://newspaperarchive.com/atlanta-constitution-aug-31-1919-p-21/

Born in the Month of August - Dave Kramer

Sources

Christy Mathewson Biography, https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mathewson-christy

First Division Museum, Robert McCormick Biography, https://www.fdmuseum.org/researchers/robert-r-mccormick-biography/

Shipman, Pat, “Why Mata Hari Wasn’t a Cunning Spy After All, National Geographic History, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/11-12/mata-hari-history-killing/

Hamilton, David E., “Herbert Hoover: Life Before the Presidency,” University of Virginia Miller Center, https://millercenter.org/president/hoover/life-before-the-presidency

World War I - NOW Remembering Veterans

American Legion Post #43: Revitalized and Relevant

Links: 

https://www.hollywoodpost43.org/

Articles and Posts Highlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host 

Link: http://ww1cc.org/dispatch

Sponsors:

The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

The Doughboy Foundation

Production:

Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

Line Producer: Juliette Cowall

Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer

Editing:

Mac Nelsen Tim Crowe

Website support: JL Michaud

Special guests:

Lester Probst and Fernando Rivero