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VOLUME 29, NO. 25

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Symbol Of Freedom And Sacrifice by Ed Mitchell

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Flag Day was June 14th, but this letter reminds us that we need to celebrate our flag every day. -Ed. My dad turned 94 years old this past November. Born in 1926, he was only 18 years old when on June 8th, 1944 (D-Day Plus two) he found himself on the beaches of Normandy, France. He made it all the way through to the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. Additionally, my grandmother’s only son, my mother’s only brother, See MITCHELL on 13

Vietnam Exhibit At Wright Museum The Wright Museum in Wolfeboro opens for the season on Monday, June 22. The powerful exhibit “Vietnam: The Real War. Photographs From The Associated Press”, will be on display from July 1st to September 27th. The photo at left s just one of 50 large format photos in the exhibit. Our special pull-out section in this issue highlights the Wright Museum’s upcoming season and offerings.

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I am quite sure I am not his intended target, but when the yellow-bellied sapsucker drums on the hollow branch in my side yard, I come running. I mentioned in last week’s column that I have a yellow-bellied sapsucker that drums on a branch in my side yard and a pileated woodpecker that drums on a branch in the backyard. Woodpeckers often drum on objects such as hollow branches, the sides of houses, gutters, and chimney flashings. They pick objects such as these because the noise resonates far and wide. This drumming is done to attract mates or announce territory. Obviously, they do not tap on gutters or chimney flashings to find food or make homes. They may pick hollow branches to make homes, naturally, but the territorial and mate-attracting drum-

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ming is more rhythmic and the cadence is specific to individual woodpecker species. I also mentioned in last week’s column

that I was impressed the first time I saw a birdwatcher identify the type of woodpecker from its drumming in the distance. I still

do not have that skill down very well, but I am getting a lot of practice distinguishing the yellow-bellied sapsucker and the pileated woodpecker. Just as it is exciting when a bird chooses your property to eat, drink, or make a home, it is also exciting when a woodpecker chooses a branch on your property for its drumming. It may not be so exciting when they return to your siding, gutter or chimney flashing for this purpose, however. If this is happening there are measures you can take to try to stop it. Of course, nothing is a guarantee when we are talking about wildlife. There are literally dozens of products on the market to deter woodpeckers from tapping on your house. Do a simple internet search for “stop woodpecker damage” and they will all pop up. New England has several woodpecker types. See BOSAK on 14

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I’ll See You Around A few weeks back I wrote about how candidates for office will have to adjust to a new way of campaigning in these days of Covid-19. by Brendan Smith I am runWeirs Times Editor ning again as a gubernatorial candidate for The Flatlander Party. (For those uninformed, that means I am running for governor, not guber.) Many of the traditional methods of interacting like handshaking, or even a small touch on the shoulder, will now be taboo and will be used by the mudslingers who run the campaigns for opponents. With some good spin and a media outlet who is on their side, we may soon hear “news” reports such as this: “Candidate so and so was seen outside a local grocery store this morning spreading death and destruction as he offered his Covid-19 infested hands to many of the shoppers who were leaving. Some ran in horror while others, obviously death merchants themselves who support the candidate, grasped his hand, purposely infecting themselves with the virus, and then went on their way, not caring at all about the rest of the world. The horror! The horror!” Another campaigning favorite that will be hitting the trashcan this year will be the stop at the local diner. This usually happens on Sunday mornings when hard working folks, enjoying their weekend, sit down to a nice, peaceful Sunday morning breakfast at a local establishment only to be surprised by a candidate and his or her entourage (and usually a television camera) who will stop by their table to chat. The candidate will

use a variety of practiced facial expressions to convey that they actually care what the folks at the diner are saying as they try to scrounge up a couple of votes and get some free TV time. Meanwhile, you and your family, try hard to be polite while your eggs turn cold while you listen to the candidate “blah, blah, blah” but you are afraid to interrupt because you don’t think it would look good on television if you said: “Really? I’d just like to eat my eggs before they get cold because you are saying absolutely nothing of interest to me right now and my blood sugar is getting low.” We will also have to do away with any walking tours of different areas of the state. Having the candidate actually stop at your house, knock on the door and then chat you up, has always been a popular campaign tool here in the Granite State and another way to interrupt folks during a peaceful day off. Obviously, not being bothered at the diner, or when leaving the grocery store or when just trying to relax at home are all really a benefit to potential voters as they can go about their lives during campaign season and never have to worry about being accosted by those running for office. But for candidates like myself, who just want to win and don’t really care too much about bothering folks, personal interaction is a must. I have decided to look at these new restrictions on interactions as a plus. It simply means that I will have to come up with creative ways to meet people without getting to close to them. One idea my team (which includes myself and some other guy whose name escapes me at the moment) has come up with is a drive thru kiosk campaign. Set up in a parking lot somewhere, folks can drive thru and see me (safely ensconced behind germ proof plexiglass) and they can each stop for two minutes and ask me questions about serious

issues which I will do the best to provide answers that do nothing to address the issue at all. Of course, it will be difficult to get people to make the journey to the kiosk, so we will advertise it ahead of time guaranteeing each car that drives through will receive a “surprise” gift and be entered into a drawing for a home entertainment center. We have yet to decide on the surprise gift seeing we have a limited campaign budget and we figure no one ever really checks to see who won the home entertainment system since they never expected to win it themselves anyway. So, that is a big expense spared. We have also been toying with the idea of having a hologram of me outside supermarkets. Figuring that it will attract a lot of kids who think it’s cool and then their parents will be forced to get a closer look as well. We have also toyed with the idea of having the hologram look different for different areas. “The Blue Collar Hologram”, “The Suit and Tie Hologram” and “The Hemp Clothing and Sandals Hologram” are just a few of the variations that will allow me to appear at the same time in many different areas appealing to many different demographics at once. We do have other ideas in the works that will hopefully give us the edge in personal interactions with potential voters during these unusual times. So, I hope to see you somehow during this campaign season, whether you like it or not. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshire”. His newest book “I Really Only Did It For The Socks -Stories & Thoughts On Aging” will be available later this year. Brendan has also entertained audiences around New Hampshire with his storytelling presentations. To find out more visit his website at BrendanTSmith.com

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The Monumental Campaign to #CancelAmerica

Across our looted plain, statues are under siege. Smashed. Spray-painted. Shrouded. Expunged. In the name of social justice, we are witnessing the systematic eradication of history. Edifice vigilantes will not rest until all monuments of Western civilization fall. It matters not whether the targets were guilty of the tired old charges of by Michelle Malkin patriarchal oppression and institutional Syndicated Columnist racism. It only matters that marble and granite tributes to dead white men be replaced with garish “Black Lives Matter” street murals and St. George Floyd altars. Trillions of tax dollars have been spent on America’s War on Poverty. We’ve had four decades of affirmative action. A black president held the White House for eight years, with a black First Lady, black attorney general, black homeland security secretary, black transportation secretary, black education secretary, black U.N. ambassador, top black senior advisers, and more than 400 black presidential appointees. It’s never enough. The current president has forked over criminal justice reform, expanded the “Opportunity Zones” money pit, increased funding for historically black colleges and universities and obsesses endlessly about the “black unemployment rate.” At the urging of his pandering son-in-law, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump is now promising to deliver left-wing “police reforms” first--instead of protecting law enforcement officers and their families in the crosshairs of violent antifa and Black Lives Matter extremists. But it’s still not enough. The monuments must fall. Here are just a few examples of the indiscriminate ignorance fueling the “Topple the Racists” movement here and abroad: --In the heart of downtown Colorado Springs, an elegant statue of the city’s founder was defaced last week with multiple “BLM” graffiti tags. General William Jackson Palmer was an extraordinary engineer, railroad builder and philanthropist who fought for the Union in the Civil War as a 25-year-old cavalryman. He won a Medal of Honor for his leadership during a key battle in 1865. After moving to the Rockies and earnSee MALKIN on 20

Woke Chaos and Naked Power With the death of George Floyd -- a heinous atrocity virtually every American decries -- unity should have prevailed. Americans hate police brutality; Americans care about black lives; Americans by Ben Shapiro despise looting and riSyndicated Columnist oting; Americans want to protect citizens but preserve the ability of the police to stop crime. Instead, the country seems to be falling apart. That’s because of the utterly chaotic political and media response to the Floyd tragedy: a response that demands agreement but, most of all, requires compliance. You must kneel. You must kneel because you cannot understand. You simply cannot. If you have to ask for a definition of systemic privilege, we are told, it’s because your white privilege has blinded you to reality. If you point out that not all inequality is inequity, we are told, it is because your latent racism is leeching into your worldview. If you defend America’s history, philosophy and culture -- or, God forbid, her flag -- you must apologize. And, if Drew Brees is any indicator, your wife must also apologize, and your second cousin once removed. You may not understand what is being demanded of you. You may see the wave of conflicting messages emanating from the press and wonder just what you’re supposed to do. But the chaos is the point. You are supposed to be confused. Confusion is a political weapon. Clarity is a shield. If our media and political class can prevent clarity, they can prevent unity; if they can obscure, they can demand acquiescence. Thus, we hear messages that are obviously in direct conflict with one another. And, we are told, our inability to square those messages means that we must listen to the woke priesthood that can untangle these Gordian knots.

Thus, we hear that silence is violence, that being non-racist simply isn’t enough and you must actively fight racism. But we also hear that speech is violence, that if you oppose policies the political left supports, your words are a form of violence and you must be silenced. The only safe path, therefore, is parroting the messages of those initiated in the religion of wokeness. Thus, we hear that individuals ought not be held responsible for the sins of those in their racial group, and that’s why it’s so wrong for police to engage in profiling. But we also hear that white Americans bear full responsibility for the sins of both modern racists and historic racists, and ought to atone on behalf of their race and their country. And if you refuse, you must be considered racist. Thus, we hear that the police are the greatest threat to black Americans, and that’s why they must be defunded. But we also hear that police absence, a product of racism, created the conditions that originally led to higher crime rates in black communities. We can, therefore, blame the police for crime whether they’re present or absent in minority communities. Thus, we hear that the rioting and looting were exaggerated by the media, or that they were largely the product of white antifa members. But we also hear that rioting and looting are the justified outgrowth of centuries of black rage. You cannot, therefore, oppose rioting and looting too strenuously, lest you be labeled a racist. Thus, we hear that COVID-19 is so extraordinarily dangerous that antilockdown protesters were endangering the lives of other Americans; in fact, they were racist, since COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority communities. But we also hear that protesting racism is so extraordinarily important that we can freely ignore all restrictions surrounding COVID-19 -- and, indeed, that we have an obligation to do so. Thus, we hear that journalists ought to be treated See SHAPIRO on 20

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Let Them Risk Their Lives Deaths from COVID-19 are dropping, but we probably can’t resume normal life until someone develops a vaccine. Experts say it will take at least 12 to 18 by John Stossel months. Syndicated Columnist Why so long? Because to make sure a vaccine works, researchers must recruit lots of volunteers and wait for them to get sick. First, they inject the volunteers. Half get the test vaccine; half get a placebo. Then, the test subjects

resume their normal lives, and researchers watch to see who gets sick. For that research to work, there must be enough of the coronavirus around for enough volunteers to get the coronavirus. But now COVID-19 cases are declining. Researchers worry that there won’t be enough sick people to test it on. Fortunately, there’s a way to speed testing up,if regulators allow it. It’s called a human challenge trial. “’Challenge’ means that you intentionally expose people to the coronavirus... ‘challenging’ them with the virus,” explains Carson Poltorack in

my new video. Poltorack is a member of One Day Sooner, a group of mostly healthy young people who volunteered to be infected with the coronavirus. So far, 24,000 people from 100 countries have volunteered. They are willing to risk their lives if it means the world get a vaccine sooner. “It’s the right thing to do,” says Poltorack. The idea of a challenge trial is not new. Such trials were used to find treatments for malaria, typhoid, dengue fever and cholera. But there were treatments for those diseases. So far, we have no reliable treatment for COVID-19.

“People your age do die from COVID,” I say to Poltorack. “Absolutely.” He responds. “I’m 23. The risk of somebody from 18 to 30 is about 3 in 10,000, the same as if you were to donate a kidney.” Poltorack volunteered after reading a paper where bioethicist Nir Eyal argued that challenge trials would develop a vaccine sooner, without much added risk. “We put people through risks in clinical trials all the time,” says Eyal. Young people are more likely to take such risks. Some volunteer to fight wars. Fighting this pandemic, say One Day Sooner volunteers, is See STOSSEL on 21

Trump West Point Address Calls For Unity In a surprisingly understated and measured address to the cadets on the historic Parade Field, President Donald Trump by John J. Metzler s p o k e t o t h e Syndicated Columnist graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. But the remarks to 1,100 newly minted second lieutenants in the U.S. Army was not a call to arms but a reassuring reaffirmation of American values and tradition which the Army has played a significant role in preserving. The President’s speech did not call for regime change or intervention in distant lands but rather a

reformation of the Army’s role in preserving peace through deterrence. The Commander in Chief implored, “the job of the American soldier is not to rebuild foreign nations, but defend, and defend strongly, our nation from foreign enemies.” President Trump stressed, “We are ending the era of endless wars. In its place is a renewed, clear-eyed focus on defending America’s vital interests. It is not the duty of U.S. troops to solve ancient conflicts in faraway lands that many people have never even heard of. We are not the policemen of the world.” This sentiment fulfills a key promise from the 2016 campaign; the president doesn’t seek endless struggles on foreign battlefields. Nonetheless, the President add-

ed, “But let our enemies be on notice: If our people are threatened, we will never, ever hesitate to act. And when we fight, from now on, we will fight only to win. As MacArthur said: ‘In war, there is no substitute for victory.’” But with the exception of citing the defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East, there was no mention of other recent American military commitments, conflicts or impending crises. There was no specific focus on the still volatile situation with nuclear armed North Korea or the Islamic Republic of Iran for that matter. Nor was there any allusion to the geopolitical challenges communist China poses to the South China Sea. Or the still tortuous road ahead in Afghanistan He stated that the military are

battling “the invisible enemy, the new virus that came to our shores from a distant land called China. We will vanquish the virus.” The address didn’t stress the singular importance of the TransAtlantic Alliance nor the extraordinary value of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) through which the U.S. and Europeans share the power of partnership and deterrence. Thus contrary to many past Presidential addresses to West Point graduates, the commencement speech was not a rallying call for future actions or commitments but a reaffirmation of the past victories ranging from the defeat of Nazism and fascism. President Trump reminded caSee METZLER on 21

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Uniting Sports Of America? by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

“You are divisive & a coward. It takes true courage 2 stand 4 what is right.” – From a Tweet by Boston Celtic legend Bill Russell to President Trump. Ouch! That stung. With our nation still largely shut down by the coronavirus and with many major cities roiled by riots, mayhem and murder, we can’t even get relief from sports. Not only are there no major athletic events taking place but many sports heroes—past and present—are now caught up in the emotions of 2020, a year often likened to 1968, another time of passionate protest, and also a year when Russell was named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Year” after leading the Celtics to their tenth NBA title in 12 years. A few observations and then some SportThoughts … 1) The tragic death of George Floyd—the spark that ignited the national conflagration—underscored the need for some law enforcement agencies to conduct reviews and pursue reforms. 2) Much of the subsequent rioting had little to do with social justice.

Former Boston Celtic Bill Russell. Rather it was an opportunity for criminals and political radicals to exploit emotional situations.

too many broken, single-parent families and pathologies enabled by misguided government policies.

3) Overreaction by police working in crime-infested communities doesn’t represent institutional racism as much as a hardened approach to dealing with chaos in veritable war zones. Chicago recently suffered eighteen murders in a 24 hour period. Wars stunt emotions and brutalize people—and many neighborhoods are war zones.

5) To anyone from any law enforcement community who might be reading this: THANK YOU for protecting and serving. We NEED YOU and most people throughout America understand that.

4) Rather than demonizing law enforcement or defunding police, leaders from dystopian communities should focus on the root causes of violence and societal breakdown—which include

6) Practitioners of identity politics seek to lead us to places of perpetual division, disagreement and grievance where there’s no healing or comity. Factionalizing America into groups and then cobbling together disaffected blocs into voting coalitions can sometimes pay off politically but it’s poisonous for our people and for our future.

And now the SportThoughts … Sport can provides hope and inspiration. The last seventy years have given us many examples of teams bringing people together—regardless of size, shape, color, ethnicity or religion—to work toward common goals. Not just teams but the military units and so very many other businesses and organizations as well. Many of us have experienced such camaraderie during our life journeys, where we look at teammates or peers as worthy individuals as opposed to members of some ethnic faction. The 1969 NBA playoffs saw an aging Celtic team, led by Bill Russell, make an improbable run to an 11th title in 13 years. A playercoach, Russell was the first African American to coach a major professional sports team. In the closing moments of a Celtic playoff triumph, the cheers cascading down to the court from all sections of the old Boston Garden, Russell walked towards the Celtic bench with his arm around the late John Havlicek, perhaps the whitest player in the NBA. That poignant moment inspired then and it inspires now. There are many such inspiring moments around us today if we look for them. Let’s celebrate them when we find them. And let’s hope that before 2020 ends that we’re seeing tweets See MOFFETT on 18

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Tim isn’t the only one happy that he is back to guiding clients. turned to concerns over general health, the stock market, air travel, jobs, and more. Luckily, we were fishing, and there is little that can seem to distract from the excitement of the next fish. We pressed on, in the rain, for as long as everyone could stand it. Eventually though, everything was soaked, including us, and they decided to pack it in and head home to prepare for what could possibly be a long stay-at-home scenario. Three days later, on March 16, I conducted my last guided fishing charter. States were shutting down, travel was being restricted, and most everyone was preparing for the worst. I had no idea when I drove my snowmobile off the ice that day that I wouldn’t see another client again

until June. I don’t have to recap the pandemic; we’ve all lived it. I am happy to announce that on May 25 Governor Sununu unexpectedly reopened fishing guides, effective immediately. Needless to say, I wasn’t prepared. I had gear on order, I had no masks or disinfectants required to reopen, and I just wasn’t comfortable seeing how so many of my clients come from Massachusetts and New York, two very hard-hit areas. I felt that it was in the best interest of my clients, their loved ones and the people they might encounter, myself, and my loved ones to hold off for a few more weeks. I was glad I did. Things are improving. More businesses are opening, restrictions are being lifted, and life is

beginning to feel a bit like it’s returning to normal. I saw my first client again on June 10. We had a fun morning catching striped bass in kayaks. Within minutes of posting that trip report on the Tim Moore Outdoors Facebook page I began receiving booking requests, as if everyone was waiting to see if I would really reopen. This pandemic has been tough on everyone, regardless of how you feel about it. I don’t care to discuss the validity of the shutdowns, or the virus. For me it was a matter of better safe than sorry, and I’m not sorry. What I am, is happy to be back to work, and utterly humbled by the outpouring of support I have received. I once See MOORE on 15

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Vietnam: The Real War

Photographs From The Associated Press July 1 - September 27

Organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, and the Associated Press,

A wounded paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division is helped through a blinding rainstorm by two medics after being evacuated from Ap Bia Mountain during the brutal 10-day battle for what came to be known as Hamburger Hill, May 1969.

The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year. The Associated Press (AP) is a not-for-profit global news agency headquartered in New York. Founded in 1846, it operates as an independent cooperative and has earned 52 Pulitzer Prizes, including 31 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. To cover the Vietnam War, The Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the greatest photographic legacies of the 20th century. This collection tells the story of a divisive war that left a deep and lasting impression on American life. From Malcolm Browne’s photograph of the burning monk and Nick Ut’s picture of a 9-year-old running from a napalm attack to Eddie Adams’ photograph of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, the exhibit contains images that both recorded and changed history. The exhibit contains images that document the hard realities that come along with war. Parental discretion is advised when viewing the exhibition. Exhibit made possible by Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, With additional support from Weirs Publishing Co, and John and Evelyn Frank

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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE: Big Changes At The Museum I’ve never said this to members and visitors before: wear two pairs of socks when you first visit in 2020 because we will knock off your first pair! Just wait until you see the dramatic changes inside the Wright Museum. We created a new 1,628 square-foot Education Center on the first floor, which is officially named the John S. DuQuoin Education Center (DEC). The popular Tuesday evening Education Programs will now be held in this beautiful room. The DEC accommodates up to 200 new, more comfortable chairs and features a large, elevated screen and speaker stage. This new facility will delight all of you who “endured” the previous second-floor Seminar Room. The former Seminar Room has become a much-needed larger Archives Room to store our growing Permanent Collection in an enhanced, climate-controlled space. A huge new Art Gallery across from the second-floor Archives Room will house larger exhibitions. The gallery now features higher ceilings and better lighting than the prior one. We also moved and expanded our Research Library and positioned the Chapel to be more visible to visitors. On the first floor, we moved the popular Soda Fountain into the Home Front Gallery. The Museum Theater has a new video system that will give us more flexibility in using the theater in addition to showing our introductory film. The Theater will have more comfortable seating as well. We’ve doubled the size of the Museum Store and will stock it with many new items as well as some of our tried and true visitor favorites. The Time Tunnel and Military Gallery remain as they were, except that the Military Gallery now houses new cases to showcase our collection of World War II firearms and other weapons. We have installed a new public stairway to the second floor, which will make the visitor flow more manageable throughout the entire Museum. Plus, we have new glass doors into some galleries, added new restrooms to the second floor, a more efficient heating and cooling system, and painted the walls. There is much more we have done, but you will see the rest when you visit. We think you will be as excited about our new look as we are.

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A watercolor of the Wright Museum on World War II in Wolfeboro, c.1993 done before the museum, the long-time dream of David Wright, opened its doors for the first time. Since then over 300,000 visitors have experienced its fascinating exhibits and artifacts.

The Wright Museum’s 26th Season On July 16, 1994, David Wright fulfilled his dream of a building a permanent museum to honor those who served in World War II as well as those involved in the important support on the Home Front. On June 22, the Wright Museum of World War II opens to its 26th season in Wolfeboro, where hundreds of thousands of visitors have come over the years. The son of a World War II veteran, David Wright served as a U.S. Marine during the Korean War. Since he was too young to serve, he experienced WWII on the home front growing up near Worcester, Mass. David was an avid collector of WWII vintage vehicles for many years. He eventually owned and restored over 50 vehicles, all fully operational. By 1983, he established the E. Stanley Wright Museum Foundation, Inc. in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Originally, the Museum was a mobile exhibition that David made available to communities around the Northeast for parades and military functions at venues such as the Roosevelt Museum and West Point. In 1992, Wright purchased the property where the museum is now permanently located. It is hard to miss the Wright Museum if you have never been there, just look for the M3A1 Stuart Tank protruding from the roadside section of the museum. On July 16, 1994, David Wright fulfilled his dream of a building a permanent museum to honor those who served in World War II as well as those involved in the important support on the Home Front.

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Memories Of World War II: Photographs From The Associated Press Archives October 4th - 31st

The Associated Press sent almost 200 reporters and photographers to cover all the theaters of the war. Five of them died and seven won Pulitzer Prizes for their remarkable photos, including the flag raising on Iwo Jima. The exhibit will have nearly 100 photographs – some iconic and others seldom seen – that the photographers took and transmitted over the AP wires for publication in newspapers. The photographs cover both the home front and the war front in the various theaters and give a rounded picture of the war, from beginning to end. You can follow the war as the photographers followed it, one photograph at a time, year by year. You can become an eyewitness to

this war that changed the world – eyewitness to the attack on Pearl Harbor and to American and British soldiers hitting the

beaches on D-day; to the five Marines and the single Navy corpsman raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima; to a woman

crying over the body of her sister who was killed by German soldiers while she was harvesting potatoes; to SS troops herding the Jewish survivors of the 1943 uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto; and to many other incidents that composed the war. Memories of World War II is a powerful must-see exhibit that will give you a better understanding of the war. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to view World War II through the eyes of many of the best photographers of the era. We are grateful to the Associated Press for sharing the exhibit with us. Sponsored by The Laconia Daily Sun

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PROJECT25 Completed For The 2020 Season When the Wright Museum of World War II announced Project25 in January, it marked the culmination of years of planning and fundraising, efforts that have not been derailed by COVID-19. “We are very pleased at the The new gift shop and progress made admission area at the by Milestone C o n s t r u c t i o n Wright Museum. under less than ideal circumstances,” said Executive Director Mike Culver. A multi-phase construction project, Project25 will initially enhance the museum’s education center and exhibit and archival spaces. As additional funds are raised, additional aspects of Project25 include a motor pool of vintage WWII vehicles and a storage and maintenance facility where Wright Military Vehicle Personnel (MVPs) can work on them. “Our vehicles are operational and often can be found at area parades,” he added. “Project25 will eventually enhance our ability to rotate vehicles in and out of the museum, too, so visitors can see and experience things they would not otherwise.” Noting the museum’s open date has been pushed to June 22,Culver said he wants local and out-of-town visitors alike to know The Wright is still planning “a strong 2020 season.” For Culver, one of the primary objectives of The Wright is to tell stories that help “to define 21st century America. “History is not a footnote,” he said. “It guides us and can help provide insight into who we are…If anything, COVID-19 will demonstrate for all of us how America can rally against the face of adversity. I think The Wright can help us all rally--and we will.” The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum will follow all CDC guidelines in determining when it will open for the 2020 season. To learn more about the museum or Project25, visit wrightmuseum.org.

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Rememberance Garden Walkway & Buy A Brick

In August 2019, we dedicated the Wright Museum’s Remembrance Garden. This year we will add one more important feature. Daniel Marrone made a generous donation to complete a paved walkway from the front of the Museum to the Remembrance Garden, which will provide easier access to the Garden and the Memorial Bricks Wall. We are grateful to Daniel for his thoughtfulness. One of the unique features at the Wright Museum is the entrance courtyard where hundreds of memorial bricks adorn the walls up to a height of eight feet. The program was suspended temporarily as the courtyard was literally filled to a height where additional bricks would not be easily read. We are delighted to say that we are once again taking orders for memorial bricks, and that the bricks are now displayed in a new place of honor on the Museum wall facing Center Street. The area around the bricks is now a Remembrance Garden, with plantings sponsored by Meredith Village Savings Bank, where visitors can now view the memorial bricks in restful landscaped surroundings with granite benches and flags. Plaques are installed once a year in May. Plaques for donations to the “Buy a Brick” program made after March 30th will not be installed until the following year. To participate, Buy a Brick below, download the order form to the right, or call us at (603) 569-1212. You can securely pay with a credit card online or over the phone, or you can mail in a check. Memorial bricks are available and cost $100. You can purchase a brick online, print an order form from the Museum’s web site (www. wrightmuseum.org), or call the Museum at 603-569-1212. (Check the web site for when paving stones will be available and the procedure for ordering them.) You can order bricks any time during the year.

(L To R) Randy Parker of Maxfield Real Estate; Mike Culver, Executive Director of The Wright Musuem and Jon Parker of Maxfield. An Open House at the museum is scheduled for Tuesday June 30 at the Wright Museum sponsored by Maxfield Real Estate.

Wright Museum To Host Free Open House On Tuesday, June 30 The Wright Museum of World War II is planning a Free Open House on Tuesday, June 30. “This is a chance for the community to come and enjoy what we have to offer this year after a difficult spring, and it is free,” said Executive Director Mike Culver. Free Open House is sponsored by Maxfield Real Estate, which is celebrating its own history. “Maxfield Real Estate has served this region since in 1954, which is why I am proud to now lead it with my son Jon to continue bringing people and homes together,” said Randy Parker. “We are proud to support the Wright Museum, as it continues to educate and inspire our next generation of community members.” Expressing gratitude at the support offered by Maxfield Real Estate, Culver said this

year’s season will be highlighted by “exciting exhibits.” Co-presented by Service Credit Union, Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History from the Associated Press features 50 large format photos from the Archives of the Associated Press and will run through September 27. Running October 4 - October 31, Memories of WWII: Photo-

graphs from the Associated Press Archives includes some includes selections of the most iconic WWII images taken between 1939 and 1945. “Images from both of these exhibits as well as the stories that accompany them help to reveal America at critical points in its history,” said Culver. “These are impactful exhibits that touch on themes that are especially relevant in these days of turmoil and strife.” Sponsored by Maxfield Real Estate, Free Open House takes place on Tuesday, June 30 from 10 am to 4 pm. The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum will reopen on Monday, June 22. To learn more, visit wrightmuseum.org.

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Archival Storage Receives An Upgrade Off-season renovations at the Museum have certainly kept our staff busy! One of the first projects we did to get the construction underway was to relocate the contents of the secondfloor archive. On January 3, staff members and volunteers worked throughout the day to move all of the artifacts from the archive room to a temporary home in the former library. The “Wright movers” disassembled shelving units in the archive room then reassembled them in the old library. They also carted and carried hundreds of boxes, paintings, and other objects into the old library and put them on the reassembled shelves. Many hands made light work. After the construction crew finished renovating the new Archive Room, which is the former Seminar Room, the “Wright movers” transferred the artifacts into their new home. The new archive room has an upgraded climate control system that ensures the artifacts will continue to be well preserved. All the Museum’s artifacts are now stored in a central location, a big plus after having been stored in different parts of the museum. Now the staff can access the archives quickly from the office area, making cataloging and moving artifacts more efficient. As the summer season approaches, collections staff and volunteers will begin reorganizing the archives in a way that lets us make the best use of our upgraded storage space.

Arnold And Carol Haynes Library Since 2009, the Wright Museum’s Arnold and Carol Haynes Research Library has been available to students and researchers year-round by advance arrangement. The museum’s staff is flexible and will strive to accommodate patrons’ schedules – whether they be middle schoolers accompanied by an adult, post-doctoral researchers, or any history buff wanting to learn more about WWII history. Some of the materials available in the main reading room include: WWII unit histories Eyewitness accounts Scholarly monographs written by academic historians WWII-era home front magazines, including a full set of LIFE from 1939-1945 WWII publications from the front lines, such as Stars and Stripes and Yank Publications of the Office of War Information, Department of War, and other federal, state, and local agencies To arrange a visit, please call (603) 569-1212. There is a $10/day user fee, which is waived for museum members and students.

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REMEMBERING MIKE WILDFEUER

The Wright Museum Board Members and staff were saddened to hear of Mike Wildfeuer’s passing. Mike was a flesh-andblood dynamo when it came to helping the Museum. He was actively involved for many years and served in numerous capacities. He was on the Board of Directors and was a docent in the Military Gallery. He helped find items for the Time Tunnel when it was being developed and also catalogued items for the Museum’s collections. The Gift Shop was one of his special loves, and he assisted in purchasing merchandise for it. In addition, he maintained the firearms collection by giving the weapons an annual cleaning, repairing them when necessary, and doing anything else to keep them functioning. He also helped organize golf tournaments for the Museum. On Family Day, Mike along with his wife, Susan, were the hamburger chiefs who grilled hamburgers for the visitors. Our heart-felt condolences go out to Mike’s family.

Wright Business Partner Program Businesses can attract more customers and visitors by working together to promote one another. That’s where the Wright Museum’s Business Partner Program comes in. Each month the Wright Museum will team up with a local business partner to promote each other. Becoming a business partner creates goodwill among local businesses and provides customers and visitors with useful discounts. To learn more about the Business Partner Program, visit Wright Museum.org.

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Home Front & Time Tunnel Displays Show The Other Side of WWII Museum

The Home Front display is the only one of its kind in the United States. Within it you get a true feel of what is was like to be doing your part as a civilian for the war effort. It also just gives a great feel for life in general at the time. There is the dentist office with tools of the day to make you shiver as you remember those, what seem like today, primitive tools, a 1940s style kitchen and other 1940s era displays of life. “David’s Garage” named after Wright Museum founder, David Wright. The detail is amazing from the gas pump to the calendars on the wall and the tools lying around the shop. These displays are changed over time as new artifacts are acquired or donated. After the Home Front room comes an amazing display called “The Time Tunnel.” Started in 2001 and added to over the years, you literally enter into what is a tunnel layout proceeding through the years 1939-1945, each year in separate rooms and each room divided into home and war front with a strong emphasis on the former. The Time Tunnel was developed in stages with the 1939 room being the original model in 2001. The 1945 room was just completed in 2012. Each room sponsored by a generous donation. Videos of the particular year are available for viewing in each room as well as

Ron Goodgame’s tribute to his father and uncles is in the Time Tunnel a Times Square type electronic sign that flashes the big news stories of the year. There is the familiar, like the famous kiss in Times Square photo by Alfred Eisenstadt, to some of the untold

“David’s Garage” named after Wright Museum founder, David Wright at the Home Front display.

stories including a few of New Hampshire’s own war story displays. Ron Goodgame of Wolfeboro donated a display. His father and three brothers were all in the service in WWII. One day his father flew off an aircraft carrier on a mission and never re-

The Time Tunnel leads visitors through the years 1939 to 1945 on the Home Front and overseas.

turned. The display honors his memory and the services of his uncles. There’s also display of a woman in Farmington who had five sons who served and one of them received a Bronze Star years later. One of the biggest attractions in the Time

Tunnel rooms is the price lists. Find out the yearly incomes, cost of a new house and a gallon of gas for each year.

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Volunteers Help Wright Museum Celebrate The “Greatest Generation” For cultural and educational nonprofit institutions like the Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro, volunteers often serve as “the backbone” of the operations. “I am not exaggerating when I say that volunteers keep this place going,” said Executive Director Mike Culver. “In turn, we try to provide them with the best experience possible.” Volunteer Steve Messineo Describing his time at the Wright Museum as “one of the most rewarding experiences in [his] life,” Volunteer Steve Messineo said he tries to share his personal experience with visitors. “Having served our great country in the Marine Corp and being part of a military family--3 generations of Marines and a WWll Army veteran--I fully enjoy sharing my knowledge and experiences and love for my country,” he said. In sharing his memories of WWII during which time he was “a youngster,” Messineo said he hopes to shed light on the “Greatest Generation.” His stories, he acknowledged, run the proverbial gamut. “I share stories like when gasoline was unavailable and my dad tried to fuel his car with kerosene, growing vegetables in our Victory Garden, food rationing,” he said. “I also talk about how happy the family was the day my godfather, Captain S.E. Gegus, 9th Army, returned home from the service.” Along with fellow vol-

Steve Messineo (L), a docent at the Wright Museum, helps a student with a WWII Map.. unteers, Nancy Mako and Cindy Cafasso, Messineo said he is also involved in the museum’s events committee, which formed “The Wright Bakers.” “We create, design and prepare many of the sweet treats and desserts for members during special annual events,” he said. Expressing “deep appreciation” for Messineo and the efforts of all volunteers, Culver said such involvement helps to underscore the importance and relevance of the Wright Museum mission. “What happened during WWII directly informs who we are today,” he said. “Many of the events that directly resulted from it reshaped the world economy, and the culture of today borrows many themes that had their origins during that seminal time period in our nation.” Messineo agreed and

Wolfeboro during WWII, complying with air raids, rationing, pasting stamps in savings bond booklets and other ways of life at that time,” she explained. Garvey said some of her own life is also captured in the museum, as she is pictured in a photo in the museum’s Home Front exhibit. “I am one of the many students in the photo in front of Carpenter School that shows when we raised money to buy the US Army a jeep,” she said. Garvey said one of her husband’s models of a ship on which he served during WWII is also on display in the

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know his family well.” According to Culver, Garvey’s commitment to the museum and general knowledge of WWII will prove especially valuable when the museum opens for the 2020 season. “What is happening right now with COVID-19 underscores the importance that Americans rally together in times of crisis,” he said. “History teaches us this lesson, and Paula and several of our other volunteers can help put this into perspective for visitors.” Garvey agreed and added, “The museum’s theme of how all Americans, all ages, made do

cites the museum’s Home Front Gallery as perhaps its most notable contribution. “It shows how America’s ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ played a vital role with its achievements,” he said. “This period of American history, 1939 - 1945, must be told and retold because it is part of who we are today.” Volunteer Paula Garvey “I was born in Wolfeboro, attended Carpenter Elementary School during the WWII years and can relate to the Wright Museum in many ways,” said Volunteer Paula Garvey, who works in the gift shop. “The Home Front exhibit and Time Tunnel at the museum are especially meaningful to me.” Volunteering at the museum since 2014 when incoming and still current Executive

Volunteer Paula Garvey, who works in the gift shop, has been with the Wright Museum since 2014. Director Mike Culver put out a call for help, Garvey said she tries to add value to the visitor experience by sharing personal stories. “I can talk to visitors about growing up in

museum’s Military Gallery. “The museum also has a display of the first military person from Wolfeboro to die in the war--Clayton Hale,” she added. “I knew and still

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year Pierce moved to his property in Hillsborough where he built a log hut and began the process of clearing his land. He quickly made friends with his neigh-

bors, scattered though they were, and when the county militia was organized into a Brigade he was appointed by Governor Sullivan to the position of Brigade Major. Benjamin Pierce and Elizabeth Andrews were married on May 24, 1787, but she died in August of the following year, leaving Benjamin with an infant daughter. He married again in 1789 to Anna Kendrick, beginning a marriage that lasted almost half a century and produced eight children. Major Pierce, even though being new to the area, was chosen to represent it in the Legislature in 1789, a position he held for thirteen years. During this time period his military rank continued to rise as he was appointed Colonel of the 26th Regiment. In 1805 Pierce received another military promo-

tion, that being Brigadier General and an assignment to command the New Hampshire state militia. From 1803 to 1809 he was elected to serve on the Governor’s Council, and in 1809 he was appointed to be the Sheriff of Hillsborough County by the then Governor Langdon. He was Sheriff from 1809 to 1812 and from 1818 to 1827. Benjamin Pierce was elected Governor of New Hampshire twice, serving from June 7, 1827 to June 5, 1828 and from June 4, 1829 until June 3, 1830. During his service in the Revolutionary War Benjamin Pierce was once taken captive by the British while he was on a foraging expedition along the Hudson River. He was taken to New York City and there held by some British troops. Even during See SMITH on 17

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“this insult shall not go unpunished.” That time was said to have come,when Pierce was no longer a prisoner of war and with a companion met the British officer and a companion as all were walking in a suburb of New York. Both Pierce and the Officer who had struck him were armed with their swords. Pierce confronted the officer, declaring that they were now on equal terms, armed, and enemies, and challenged him to a duel.

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SHAPIRO from 6 with the utmost respect because they are doing a difficult job and pursuing facts and the truth; and that harsh words spoken about journalists reflect underlying unease about freedom of the press. But we also hear that journalists are actually activists and thus have a duty not to be objective; op-ed editors should be fired for the sin of greenlighting pieces opposed by woke staffers. In the end, our republic runs only so long as we’re able to hold some semblance of logical conversation with one another. But the republic isn’t running. Instead, we are battered with logically incoherent nonsense, a variety of messages that carry only one consistent bottom line: Shut up. Believe. Repeat. The chaos of the moment isn’t a bug; it’s a feature. And the more confused we are, the less we can possibly hold together, despite the fact that nearly all Americans agree on the most important issues. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editorin-chief of DailyWire. com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side of History.” He lives with his wife and three children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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