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Browsing All posts tagged under »George Martin Post 227«
The Story Place
The wind piles dry leaves against a fencepost. Branches cracked away from old oaks and beeches litter the ground. Deer trails disappear into the woods. Wild turkeys come here for the beechnuts and acorns. Coyotes come for the wild turkeys. I’ve come for the stories. I spent a cold gray afternoon last week at Bayview Cemetery, listening. […]
Wanted: vexillologist
September 27, 2009
The Cowboy, unclear on the concept and fresh from a scolding, felt that he was pretty good at vexing and volunteered for the job. However, a vexillologist, I have learned, is a flag expert, and that’s what I need. I have turned from puzzling over George Martin to puzzling over the design and provenance of […]
Finding George Martin
September 24, 2009
Last night I found George Martin, the Civil War soldier for whom Post 227 G.A.R. in Eastport was named, and whose name is stenciled on our Mystery Flag. Here’s what I’ve pieced together so far. [August 5, 2012: I’ve learned a thing or two in the last three years and am adding some updates.] The farm […]
Letter from Norton: GAR emerges from mist
September 9, 2009
Norton Bretz saw the Mystery flag post and began digging through his copious files of Eastport and Pearl family history. He writes: One of the photos from the Pearl collection is of the members of the Eastport GAR post taken, I think in front of the Grange Hall, now Dennis Inch’s house at the head […]
Mystery flag
September 7, 2009
I dropped by the Wilkinson Homestead on Sunday afternoon to get a last look at the Halfaker/Sparks quilt collection and stumbled on a new treasure. Loraine Mottern was there, showing people through the quilt exhibit. “Have you seen our latest acquisition?” she asked, and showed me this flag. Who was George Martin? What was Post […]
Books in Northport
- Now, WHAT was that new subject I had in mind? (Ah, yes! “Work and Play”!!!)
- Feeding Body and Soul
- Recovery, Phase 2: Nesting
- An Adventure I Didn’t Need
- Dismantling a Life
- Which Way to Turn?
- Getting "Out in Nature” (Kind of a Book Review)
- Another Memorable Holiday Mountain Hike
- Still Keeping Up at the Three-Quarters Mark
- First Quarterly Report, 2023
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
October 18, 2009
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