A tall obelisk gravestone stands out among others in the Oak Grove cemetery. Collegian | Tess Owens Wreaths Across America now serves four cemeteries in Hillsdale with a local chapter that puts wreaths at the gravestones of veterans each December. Diane Paul and her husband, Greg, oversee the Hillsdale chapter, which serves Lakeview Cemetery, Oak...
After being pronounced dead in the Vietnam War, veteran John Colone escaped death, but sent himself to Hell — the one in Michigan, that is. “I was shot four times, toe tag on, and put in a body bag and sent back to the morgue. They said I was dead and put me on the...
The Hillsdale College football team recognized veterans and active duty military members at its annual military appreciation game last weekend. “The reason we are able to come out and play instead of worrying is because of the service and sacrifice of our veterans,” Air Force veteran and alumnus John Williams, ’66, said. More than 40...
Sept. 2, 1945 — the Japanese officially surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. World War II, the deadliest conflict in human history, finally came to a close. Seventy-eight years later, Victory over Japan Day is a date typically forgotten by Americans and overshadowed by controversy. At its core, however, V-J Day is a...
Mayor of Hillsdale Adam Stockford bestowed Post 53 American Legion Auxiliary with a copy of their proclamation on April 10. Courtesy|Post 53 American Legion Auxiliary “I saw the date and said, ‘Guys, we’ve got 100 years,’” Dianne Paul, treasurer of the American Legion Auxiliary said to her colleagues. On April 10, the women of the...