75 Years Ago this Week - Dave's Midwestern Ohio Memories

This is a guest post by an anonymous Fish Report reader as part of a series of periodic posts that will focus on cherished memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s

These are two of the Ft. Loramie men that traveled and camped 

11 days and 1400 miles to Washington DC and back 75 years ago 

75 Years Ago this Week

Several weeks ago Fish Report referenced an event that occurred 75 years ago this week involving 17 Ft. Loramie FFA members who traveled to Washington DC, camping in tents all the way there and back. The article indicated two of the travelers were my uncles, my Dad’s and Mom’s younger brothers, each of whom served in WWII a few years later. As it turns out, another one of the travelers, Leo Meyer, had kept a diary of the trip. So at the request of my aunt, the widow of one of my uncles, a search began for the diary. Initially archives of the Ft. Loramie Historical Association were searched and a reference to the trip was found but the diary was not included. However, it did indicate the diary was published in the Minster Post. So a search of the Minster (now Community) Post archives on the Minster Historical Society website turned up the August 30, 1940 edition with the diary article on page 3. It’s an interesting description of the trip as seen below. Even though the trip was sponsored by the Future Farmers of America, neither of my uncles became farmers; no doubt somewhat swayed by their discoveries during the Washington DC trip 75 years ago (which also likely further influenced their WWII service).

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