Salute to Kewanee Military SMALL TOWN FINDS SERIES Traditional Cache
Salute to Kewanee Military SMALL TOWN FINDS SERIES
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A park and grab. Unless the building is really busy, there should be plenty of parking nearby, if that lot is full, lots of street parking.
bring your own writing utensil, cache contains log only
This mural is to honor and show respect for all the area men and women, past and present, who have put on the uniform and done their duty for our country. The funeral here depicted was for Sgt. Mike Mikenas in October of 1918 near the end of WW I. Sgt. Mikenas was one of 19 men and women from the area who lost their lives in World War I . There would be a total of 89 Kewaneeans who perished. The Solider in the center of the mural is an illustration done by a Kewanee author, Leroy Cyrus Baldridge, who was the illustrator during WW I for the the military newspaper "Star and Strips" . A book by Baldridge, "I Was There", is where this dough-boy illustration can be found. To the right, the poem about the poppies, as the only living thing that survives in Flanders' Field, often read at ceremonies across the nation on Memorial Day. Placed with permission. Dollar Coin to FTF.
PART OF THE SMALL TOWN FINDS SERIES GEOTOUR Stamp inside is for the tour, PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE STAMP OR INK
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Uvqvat va cynva fvtug, qbrf gung ernyyl orybat urer? Abj gur trbgbhe fgnzc vf arneol, uvqvat whfg n ovg zber, ohg fgvyy irel pybfr!
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