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July 15, 2019July 15, 2019joynealkidney

Forest Park Museum Complex, Perry, Iowa

May 27, 2019April 26, 2021joynealkidney

One Day a Year Set Aside for Those Who Paid With Their Very Lives

May 24, 2019January 14, 2023joynealkidney

Lest We Forget. . .

November 9, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Wilson Family Lost 3 Sons During WWII

November 2, 2018November 30, 2018joynealkidney

The Legacy of Edmondson’s Photography

September 5, 2018February 11, 2019joynealkidney

My Dallas County (Iowa) Towns

May 25, 2018May 23, 2024joynealkidney

Those Crepe Paper Poppies

April 30, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

January 7, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson in the Atlantic–Hurricane and Muffler Fire

June 5, 2017November 12, 2021joynealkidney

Donald Wilson: Citation from The Commander in Chief

May 28, 2017April 26, 2021joynealkidney

Decoration Day

March 14, 2017January 22, 2024joynealkidney

August 1945–Junior Wilson

March 13, 2017December 28, 2023joynealkidney

AWOL

March 13, 2017January 2, 2023joynealkidney

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