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Behind the Victory Flagpole the Thanksgiving Song

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Behind the Victory Flagpole B Stands for Bryant— Our alphabet streets

    William Cullen Bryant, an American poet was born November 3, 1794, in Cummington, Massachusetts. His father, a man of great literary culture, …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — “C” stands for Colfax

  It’s time to reveal another alphabet street in Camden. As you know, the streets of Camden had different names and were changed in 1873 during the …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Free on Fremont

    Oh don’t you wish it was free! Then everyone would want to live on Fremont. The truth is that Fremont Avenue was named for John Charles …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — Three special streets

There are three streets here in North Minneapolis that are named for no one, and that is what makes them special! Our forefathers did a wonderful job of …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — The Rad Trackers

  Back in 1943 when I was going to Henry High School, there were many fine sports teams and exceptional athletes in every sport. The one I’m talking …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — the history of Loring School

This article was written by guest writer Jodie Walters     Loring Community School is currently a Pre-K through 5th grade elementary school located …

Behind the Victory Flagpole, Around the neighborhood – school daze

    Below are more musings from our friend Bill Jackman. Hello again — It’s me, Bill Jackman, doing what | like to do best and that is to …

Behind the Victory Flagpole–Camden’s alphabet streets

  At one time the streets of Minneapolis had entirely different names. This all changed in 1873 subsequent to the union of St. Anthony and Minneapolis. It …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Around the neighborhood recycling

  Written by Barbara Meyer Bistodeau Once again I feel driven to relate some of the written memories of my friend, Bill Jackman. His thoughts are so close …