Reading’s Boys Special Edition #1: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 1
Introduction When we had entered the war, we had made a commitment to our allies: Germany first. That had...
Category: History
Pleasant Street Center – Historical Video of Pleasure Island
Did you ever visit Pleasure Island in the ’60s? Located in Wakefield, Pleasure Island was billed as the Disneyland...
Reading’s Boys #9: October-November 1944
Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (October-November 1944) After the 29th Infantry Division’s stellar performance in Normandy, Sherwood and the rest...
Curbside Compost Pick-Up in Reading
Reading, MA –We’ve all been there. You bought some fruits or vegetables last week after deciding you were turning...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 2
Introduction There is a quote that I found a long time ago while working on an idea for a...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 1
Herbert Elliot Stark (August-September 1944) In the first few days of August, Herbert Stark, of the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 3
Raymond William Hillman (June-July 1944) When we last heard about Raymond Hillman, he was traveling all around the Atlantic...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #2: Edward Wallace Palmer
On October 16, 1940, a young man by the name of Edward Palmer walked into the town hall in...
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 2
Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (June-July 1944) On February 3, 1941, Sherwood Collins Jr. got the call: the 29th Infantry...
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 1
Introduction Seventy-five plus years on, on West Street, as the clock turns from 11:59 PM on June 5 to...