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Month: September 2019

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: Was He a POW of the Japanese?

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019joynealkidney

Dexter Museum–New Displays

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019joynealkidney

Pictures on the Piano: A Family Chronicle of World War II

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedication

September 20, 2019February 10, 2021joynealkidney

Circus–1898–Guthrie Center, Iowa–Louis Cyr Came to Town

September 18, 2019June 6, 2020joynealkidney

Striking Eight Bells: A Vietnam Memoir

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019joynealkidney

Rusty the Pet Squirrel

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019joynealkidney

Guilt Over an Old Photograph

September 12, 2019January 21, 2021joynealkidney

Three Presidents Glimpse Dexter, Iowa–One Gives a Major Speech

September 11, 2019April 19, 2020joynealkidney

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019joynealkidney

Denver’s 94th Aero Squadron

September 6, 2019September 21, 2020joynealkidney

A Ride in a Biplane Before School

September 5, 2019March 11, 2020joynealkidney

Dexfield Park: “Special Program,” 100 Years Ago

September 4, 2019September 10, 2019joynealkidney

Sea of Glory: Based on the True WW II Story of the Four Chaplains and the U.S.A.T. Dorchester

September 2, 2019March 30, 2021joynealkidney

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