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Uh This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories. And we tell stories about everything here on this show, from the arts to sports, and from business to history, and everything in between, including your stories, send them. ouramericanstories.com. There are some of our favorites. This next story comes from a listener.
Today, Joy Neal Kidney, a regular contributor and listener on WHO in Des Moines, tells her story of why the flag means so much. to her and her family. Here's Monty Montgomery with the story. It's easy for us to forget the meaning of things constantly around us. If you drive through Washington, D.C.
over a summer, Seeing the Pentagon, Jefferson Memorial, Capitol Building, and Washington Monument begins to just seem like a part of everyday life. They're just there, and the splendor adorning them simply vanishes in the midst of a busy rush-hour commute to Arlington where our national heroes are buried. Adorning their graves is another symbol of our great country that we can often forget the importance of to so many people. The American flag. Join the Eokidney's family is a group of some of those people who don't forget its meaning, though.
Here's Joy, author of Leora's Letters, with more on what the flag of our nation means to her and her family. The American flag was precious to my grandmother. who often wore a small, sparkly, red, white, and blue flag-shaped pin. In one of my favorite pictures ever, She's standing below a flag and grinning. Back in 1890, when Leora Goff was born in Guthrie County, Iowa.
The new states of Idaho and Wyoming had just been added to the Union. making forty four stars in the flag. She was five years old when Utah became a state. adding the forty fifth star. That was the same year her father went bankrupt.
in Nebraska's drought. Leora was nearly 17. when Oklahoma was admitted to the Union. Forty-six stars. They lived in rural Ottoman County then.
and she rode a horse to the county seat town. to take piano lessons. She helped her dad with his popcorn crop. and her mother with ten younger siblings. The 48-star flag came about when New Mexico and Arizona became states.
right before the Titanic sank. in 1912. Leora was 21 then. living in Wichita, Iowa. not yet married.
Yeah. It was that familiar 48 start flag for the next 33 years. Through Leora's marriage to Claib Wilson? The Great War, the births of their ten children, The loss of three is infants. And through World War II, when they lost three sons.
Leora regularly displayed the flag outside her little house. in Guthrie Setter. where she lived out her last decades. Her family had sacrificed so much for that emblem of the nation. When Japan officially surrendered at the end of World War II, Two sons were missing in action.
Dale in New Guinea, and Danny in Europe. Their youngest son was killed in training at the end of the war. A folded American flag was presented. to Claiban Leora. by Junior's Army Air Force friend and fellow pilot, Ralph Woods, at the funeral.
The war was over. The Wilsons' two surviving sons, had served in the Navy. Delert and his family moved home to be with his folks. Dale Wilson has never been found. They eventually learned that Sundanny's grave, had been located in Austria.
and that he had been killed in action the day he was listed as missing. Months later, a carton of Danny Wilson's possessions from his base in Italy. arrived at the Wilson Acreage south of Perry. Sent from the Army Effects Bureau of the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot. Claibes signed for the curtain.
I suppose they opened it. But did they sort through their sons eighteen pairs of socks? Five cotton undershirts. three khaki trousers and other clothing, If they had, they would have found Danny's wristwatch.
Souvenirs of his R to Rome over Christmas nineteen forty-four. A fountain pen. and other items. including a small New Testament. The war was over, but life just plodded on and on, with daily chores to keep them busy.
According to Lior's diary, She churned butter every week. Two cows had calves. Claib helped a neighbor with field work. At some point, Maybe they thumb through Danny's small New Testament. They would have found the page with the American flag on it.
Under that flag is an arrow. Drawn an ink. And these words in his usual bold handwriting. with his signature. I give everything for the country it stands for.
If this brings tears to my eyes these many decades later, How did my grandparents deal with it? It's no wonder the American flag was so precious to my grandmother. And a special thanks to Joanne Eal Kidney for sharing her story, her mother's story, her grandmother's story, the family's story, and in the end, the American story, because that's what the American flag represents, all of our stories. My own family had the same story. I have the flag now that my mom got from her mom.
My mother's only brother was killed in World War II. John Lapadullo is a paratrooper. landed behind the enemy lines and was never heard from again. No effects, just a flag. And a special thanks also to WHO for carrying our show and for allowing these stories to happen.
Again, if you have a story about anything, Send them our way. We love hearing from listeners. Join Yelchidne's story. Her family story, the American flag story, here. on our American stories.
Folks, if you love the great American stories we tell and love America like we do, We're asking you to become a part of the Our American Stories family. If you agree that America is a good and great country, please. Make a donation. A monthly gift of $17.76 is fast becoming a favorite option for supporters. Go to ouramericanstories.com now and go to the donate button and help us keep the great American stories coming.
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