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`We’re Not in Heaven Yet’: Legacy WA profile on Rev. McKinney

`We’re Not in Heaven Yet’: Legacy WA profile on Rev. McKinney

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his 1961 speech in Seattle. Rev. McKinney invited King to come to Seattle (Photo courtesy Washington State Archives) Our Legacy Washington program recently launched an important new profile on the Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, civil rights pioneer and former pastor of Seattle’s Mount Zion Baptist Church. The profile, entitled “We’re not in Heaven yet,” is here. In honor of Black History Month, we have provided an excerpt of the first few pages of…

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Winners of World War II writing contest announced

Winners of World War II writing contest announced

Four Washington students have been named state champions in an essay and letter-writing contest marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The competition, sponsored by the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Washington program, asked students in grades 8 through 11 to either write a letter to a veteran (living or deceased) or an essay describing what the war means to them. This year’s winners (and the names of their letters/essays) are: 8th grade: Remi Frederick…

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Writing contest on World War II extended to Dec. 18

Writing contest on World War II extended to Dec. 18

An essay and letter-writing contest to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II has been extended until December 18. The competition, sponsored by the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Washington program, asks students in grades 8 through 11 to either write a letter to a veteran (living or deceased) or an essay describing what World War II means to them. Essays/letters can’t be more than 500 words. Students turn in entries should include their teacher’s…

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Student writing contest on World War II ends Nov. 20

Student writing contest on World War II ends Nov. 20

(Photo courtesy Legacy Washington) Washington students in grades 8 through 11 have until Nov. 20 to take part in an essay and letter-writing contest about World War II. The competition, sponsored by the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Washington program, asks students to either write a letter to a veteran (living or deceased) or an essay describing what World War II means to them. “This is a great opportunity for students interested in World War II or who had…

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New video focuses on Wenatchee newspaper family

New video focuses on Wenatchee newspaper family

Rufus (left) and Wilfred Woods inside the Wenatchee World’s press room. (Photo courtesy of Wenatchee World) One of two Washington newspaper families featured in a terrific Legacy Washington-produced book is the subject of a new video that will be on our YouTube channel. The 12-minute video, called “Kings of The World,” focuses on the Woods family, which has owned and operated the Wenatchee World for more than a century. It includes interviews with 96-year-old Wilfred Woods, the former publisher and…

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Writing contest on World War II under way

Writing contest on World War II under way

(Photo courtesy of Legacy Washington) To help mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Washington students in grades 8 through 11 are invited to take part in an essay and letter-writing contest. The competition, sponsored by the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Washington program, asks students to either write a letter to a veteran (living or deceased) or an essay describing what World War II means to them. “This is a great opportunity for students…

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Secretary Wyman honors our Greatest Generation vets

Secretary Wyman honors our Greatest Generation vets

Marine veteran Clayton Pitre speaks at the launch ceremony for a new exhibit focusing on Washingtonians who served in World War II. (Photo courtesy of Benjamin Helle) Marking the 70th anniversary of VJ Day that ended World War II, the Secretary of State has launched a new exhibit that features GIs in some of the most vicious fighting of the conflict, survivors of the Nazi death camps and minorities who encountered racism during the war. A dozen stories take visitors…

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Wyman speaks at event marking end of World War II

Wyman speaks at event marking end of World War II

Secretary Wyman speaks at the “Spirit of ’45” event marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photos courtesy of Benjamin Helle) Secretary of State Wyman joined a handful of World War II veterans, officials with the state Department of Veterans Affairs and others during a special ceremony Friday morning at the state’s World War II Memorial to mark the 70th anniversary of the war’s end. World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when Japan surrendered….

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D-Day survivor is latest WWII profile

D-Day survivor is latest WWII profile

George Narozonick holds a replica of an LST as he tells Secretary Wyman about his experiences in World War II. (Photo courtesy Laura Mott)  A U.S. Navy sailor who took part in the Allies’ pivotal D-Day invasion is the subject of the most recent World War II profile by our Legacy Washington team. Read the free online profile on George Narozonick, 89, here. Narozonick, a New Jersey native who moved to Olympia after the war, relives the Normandy landings on…

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Latest WWII profile on our own`Rosie the Riveter’

Latest WWII profile on our own`Rosie the Riveter’

The latest World War II profile by our Legacy Washington team focuses on a 92-year-old Olympia resident who is one of the last of about 15,000 women who worked in Boeing’s Seattle factories during the war. Regina Sawina Tollfeldt worked eight hours a day, seven days a week during the peak of the war, wriggling through the wing jigs for the B-17s leaving Plant No. 2 at a rate of a dozen a day. Tollfeldt’s job was to drill the…

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