Author: A. E. Macdonald
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The Macdonalds of Cedar Park
Join Author A. E. Macdonald, in conversation with Lisa Ballew, to discuss one family’s journey during WWII on Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 pm at Follow Your Art Community Studios 647 Main St | Melrose, MA
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Inside the Manhattan Project: Boston as an Innovative Manhattan Project Site
Boston was one of those cities with a Manhattan Project Office from 1942 – 1946 when the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, based in Boston with offices across the country, became the first master contractor for the project.
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Uncovering Family History: My Grandfather’s Engineering Legacy
Finding my grandfather in the records of the Manhattan Project at the National Archives in Atlanta, Georgia, sent me down the road to finding what my grandfather did in the creation of the atomic bomb.
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The Green Box
Our grandmother would pull out the green box where she kept the letters and photos she treasured.
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The oregano and the white rose
When we bought the house, I could envision the trash heap at the back door of our new home transformed into an herb garden. It wasn’t the first thing I attacked when we bought the house, the front needed more love, but it was on my list. The spring I planned to attack the herb garden…
