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WWI: Who Threw the Hand Grenade?

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on December 3, 2018 Posted in Family, History, World Affairs 1 Comment

Grenades, especially hand grenades, are devices of war that most of us are familiar with, although mostly associated with World War II, in film and television, rather than World War I, also known as the Great War, World War, or …

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90th Anniversary of Stadium Dedication

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on September 21, 2014 Posted in Dimorier, Northwest PA, World Affairs 5 Comments

Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader Poet and educator William E. Dimorier played a major role in the building of Veterans Memorial Stadium in Erie, PA. Although the newspaper accounts from the stadium’s dedication in 1924 do not mention his name, Dimorier worked …

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WWI: Who Threw the Hand Grenade?

90th Anniversary of Stadium Dedication