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Monday, February 18, 2013

Lindbergh High School Teacher Seeks War Veterans for History Program

Veterans will be invited to the school this spring to share their stories with students for the fourth annual History Alive program.

Lindbergh High School history teacher Brad Durnell invites war veterans in the community to share their stories with students this spring in the fourth annual History Alive Program, according to a release from the school district. "As a history teacher, I enlist the veterans to help me breathe life back into our study of the past," Durnell said. “The goal of this program is to instigate conversations between veterans and students and begin to truly breathe life back into the history that we study,” Durnell said in the release. “This is a rewarding experience not only for the students, who get to talk face to face with a person who lived through the history we study, but also for the veterans, who have the opportunity to work with the next …

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Karlie Baker

10:04 am on Friday, March 8, 2013

I would encourage you to direct that question to Brad Durnell, whose email is included above!   more ›

Sunday, March 18, 2012

History Comes Alive for Lindbergh High School Students

WWII veterans shared their stories with students during sessions last week.

During the annual History Alive program at Lindbergh High School last week, students learned that history is made up of more than just stories. It is experiences, sights, sounds, smells and even tastes. For example, retired Navy Quartermaster Bob Garwitz displayed a grayed and tattered American Flag that flew from his ship, the USS Farnholt, on the day it was hit in 1944, near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. “Ships used to lay a smokescreen around them when they were in enemy waters, and that’s why this flag is covered in smoke,” he said, handling it with care as he showed it to the students. “My conning station was right behind the smokestack, and I could taste the smoke on my lips, but hey, we didn’t complain, because it kept …

foxxydrummer

4:31 am on Monday, March 19, 2012

Why not ask some veterans from the other side to speak also? Or is someone afraid to hear both sides of the story? I know there are quite a few German WWII veterans in the Lindbergh district, and I'm sure they could find some veterans from the other wars, also.   more ›

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