May 16 2019
May 2019 In the Village of Celoron, outside Jamestown, New York, the birthplace of iconic comedienne Lucile Ball, there is a small park along the shore of Lake Chautauqua dedicated to her memory. In 2009, a bronze statue of Ball was installed near the entrance to Lucile Ball Memorial Park, one that would elevate the …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/the-strange-saga-of-scary-lucy/
May 16 2019
May 2019 The Bradford Campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Bradford, Pennsylvania, has an aviation background that many may not realize. The campus was once the site of the Bradford Airport, established on the family farm of William Emery in 1927. Emery’s son Harri was an avid pilot in the early days of aviation …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/university-of-pittsburg-bradford-campus-has-an-aviation-past/
Apr 08 2019
April 2019 In Assumption Park in Windsor, Ontario, along the shores of the Detroit River, is a monument to the 147 Canadians who died fighting with American Armed Forces in the Vietnam War, along with 7 listed as POW/MIA. A similar monument was erected in Melocheville, Quebec, in October 1989 by the Association Québécoise des …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/monument-pays-tribute-to-canadian-vietnam-veterans/
Apr 04 2019
April 2019 Sandwiched between the abandoned Wilbur Wright Field, current home of the U.S. Air Force Museum, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, east of Dayton, Ohio, lies a former aerodrome named Huffman Field. Named after the former property owner, Dayton banker Torrence Huffman, the aerodrome played an important role in early aviation. It was at …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/huffman-field-played-an-important-role-in-early-aviation/
Apr 04 2019
April 2019 Outside the Village of Nobel, just north of Parry Sound, Ontario, past some rusting fencing, in the middle of two fields separated by Nobel Road, lies the ruins of the Orenda Engines Test Facility. Orenda Engines was a subsidiary of A.V. Roe Canada, the aerospace giant who designed and built Canada’s infamous jet-fighter, …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/abandoned-property-once-played-a-role-in-the-development-of-the-avro-arrow/
Apr 04 2019
April 2019 If you have ever wondered what it’s like to work deep underground, a great place to visit is the Lakawana Coal Mine, a retired Anthracite coal mine and museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Opened by Continental Coal Company in 1903, many of the workers in the mine were European immigrants who came to the …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/deep-underground-in-pennsylvanias-anthracite-coal-region-the-lawawana-coal-mine-museum/
Mar 30 2019
March 2019 The legacy of the Molly Maguires is all over Schuylkill and Carbon Counties in Pennsylvania. For those interested in visiting some of the locations where the members of the infamous secret Irish society lived, gathered, maimed, murdered and were executed, there are plenty of documented locations to visit. One “reputed” hangout can be …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/a-pub-with-a-mysterious-past-in-pennsylvanias-anthracite-coal-region/
Mar 26 2019
March 2019 Running underneath the Canadian National Railway line near the intersection of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 405 outside of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is one of the lesser known and more unusual tourist attractions in the area. Known locally as “The Screaming Tunnel,” this 125-foot-long, 16-foot-high arched limestone tunnel has an allegedly horrific …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/screaming-tunnel-one-of-the-lesser-known-niagara-area-attractions/
Mar 26 2019
March 2019 The park known as McBurney Park in Kingston, Ontario, a park known locally as Skeleton Park, is one park with a rather morbid history. From 1819 until 1864, it was the Upper Burial Ground, the final resting place for many early settlers in the Kingston area of Upper Canada. Closed to new burials …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/city-park-has-a-morbid-past/
Mar 22 2019
March 2019 Once envisioned as the model of what a planned community could be, the name Love Canal has become synonyms with environmental disaster. Although the community, to be called Model City by its founder William T. Love, never came to fruition under his guidance or as he envisioned, what did emerge was a residential …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/environmental-disaster-the-continuing-legacy-of-love-canal/
