Authored by Sara Alcorn
Car Bumper Sticker from the Bellmore Historical Society celebrating the Tricentennial of the Bellmores, New York, 1976.
As the United Sates of America was welcoming their bicentennial independence, a small town on Long Island was gearing up to celebrate the three hundredth birthday of their community with pride and public service.
Authored by Ashley Candreva
‘Le Tomahawk,’ Newsletter for the XIX Corps, issue No. 1. 1944-06-18. Regarding the invasion of Normandy. Created by Major Ray Craft.
Le Tomahawk is a corps newsletter created by Major Ray Craft [1] for the XIX Corps[2], which at the time this newsletter was written was made up of the 2nd and 3rd armored divisions, and 29th and 30th infantry divisions in WWII [3]. Ray Craft was a newsman from California who was the aide to Major General Charles H. Corlett [4], commanding general of the XIX corps beginning in April 1944. The XIX are most notable for their participation in D-Day, with the 29th infantry division[5] being 1 of 2 of the first divisions to land on the beach in Normandy on Omaha beach [6].
Authored by Kelly K. Ronayne
Menu, program and lyrics to songs at Sunrise Bavarian Village
Sunrise Bavarian Village
I was tasked with organizing many of the boxes that were left for the Bellmore Historical Association. As I weeded through the material, I came across a unique looking, pamphlet in the shape of a beer stein. As I opened it, I noticed it contained photographs of a restaurant and entertainment hall with the entertainers in traditional German garb. In addition to this, song lyrics are given to both English and German songs. There was a notation of September 4, 1936 hand written and I wondered, what is this place? Continue reading