Category: WWII
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Victory Gardens: Growing Food During War Times
Victory Gardens were vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower gardens planted during wartime in private yards and public spaces.
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WWII Home Front Civil Defense
In 1942, German U-boats (submarines) monitored shipping along the East Coast from Maine to North Carolina, attacking US ships carrying supplies to England.
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The Story of Arthur L. Delaney: A 10th Mountain Tribute
Melrose Ski Slope honors fallen 10th Mountain Division Soldier.
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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.
A. E. Macdonald's Writing Life 