Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Journal 2017: Volume XXVIII

By Eugene Schultz, Marcus LeMasters, William Austin

In this twenty-eighth volume of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Journal, we continue the series of oral history interviews with World War II veterans. This interview is with William Beamer who attended Douglas High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944. He served in a construction company in the Philippines and later in Korea. Bill Austin, retired U.S. Air Force pilot and public affairs officer and volunteer at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, has researched the life of Thomas Laws, a Clarke County slave who carried messages between General Philip Sheridan and Winchester resident Rebecca Wright. Gene Schultz pursued the story of how the Winchester and Frederick County World War One memorial came to be.Marcus Lemasters, an amateur archeologist led a team on an archeological dig on the Abram's Delight grounds. His report revealed some interesting information about their findings As always, these articles tell us the stories of our area's people and its institutions. The publication of these items ensures that this history will be preserved, and that these voices will continue to be heard.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1717246559
• ISBN13: 9781717246554
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"