Captain Adams and WACs of the 6888th Central Postal Batallion via NPSEarly WAAC Adams before they dropped the “auxiliary” and upped the benefits via NPSThe 6888th and civilian employees sorting mail in Paris, 1946 via National Archives
Shownotes under construction, please come back later for all the good bits!
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When Fort Gregg-Adams was being named, Lt Col. Adams’ son gave an interview, it gives more detail about his father: DVIDS NEWS.
Information and photos about the Fort Leavenworth statue unveiling with five of the original members of the 6888th (including Cpl Lena Derricott Bell King- a lead character in the movie.)
Lt. Colonel Adams needs a postage stamp, it’s so obvious and shocks us that it hasn’t been done yet. Get involved here at the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee!
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If you haven’t listened to our coverage of the life of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, it’s a two-parter, here’s the shownotes to the first one: Dr. Bethune, Pt One (episode, 223.)
Not a documentary, but a very well-done historical fiction, the 2024, Netflix movie The Six Triple Eight starring Kerry Washington and produced by Tyler Perry and based on this article by Kevin Hemel (and if you want to read the transcript, visit Scraps from the Loft.)
As is our tradition, we’re sharing our coverage of the life of this unsung hero of the holidays. While the original portion of this was created in 2014 (TEN YEARS? Whoa!) over the years we’ve added to it so no two years are exactly the same! As always, if you have little ears, you may want to preview it so no secrets are spoiled.
This year, we talked a little about this charming ad for Boots stores!
If you would like the links to things talked about in this episode, head back to 2014 via this link: OG Mrs. Claus
Happiest of holidays to you all! Thank you for hanging out with us in 2024! xo Beckett and Susan
Katharine, 1976 by Trikosko, Marion S, Library of Congress
Katharine Meyer Graham was born on June 16, 1917, in New York City, the fourth child of Eugene Meyer and Agnes Ernst Meyer. She had a very upper-class upbringing thanks to her incredibly successful investor father who had a second career in politics and a third in newspaper publishing after he purchased the then-failing Washington Post. Katharine’s mother, Agnes, was a powerhouse art patron and philanthropist (with a spicy side of political activism) while maybe not the fuzziest of maternal figures, she was a product of her times and class.
We went with fifty friends on our latest women’s history tour to the City of Light! From a private nighttime tour of Versailles to a luncheon at Veuve Clicquot, through pastries shaped like apples at A. LaCroix patisserie, and an ocean of glorious onion soup, we filled our suitcases with treasures and our hearts with joy.
But perhaps the best souvenirs we all brought home were the lifelong friends we made along the way.
