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Premium Content Subscriber only Judith Sheean said she was proud, honoured and overwhelmed to wear the first Victoria Cross awarded to an Australian navy crew member. It was posthumously awarded to Teddy Sheean, 78 years after he died from an incredible act of heroism during World War II. As the special guest at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, Mrs Sheean said the honour was supposed to be reserved for her husband William Teddy’s nephew but he passed away six weeks earlier. “My husband was desperately hoping to make it here,” Mrs Sheean said. “But I’m here. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only Residents have returned to Anzac Day Dawn Services this year, with the dayâs first light showing the huge crowds paying their respects. The Daily Mercury is covering the day starting with the Jubilee Park Dawn Service. Photos and stories from across the region will be published here throughout the day. Kuttabulâs tradition still honouring our Anzacs Three riders and their horses lead the march that commenced the Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service to the sounds of bagpipes across the chill air. The Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service was attended by hundreds of Mackay region locals to commemorate those who served and in particular the Australian Light Horse brigade. ....
Trumbull s Nero Hawley rose from slavery, became a businessman Donald Eng FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A drawing made of the home of former slave Nero Hawley on display at the Trumbull Historical Society in Trumbull on Friday. Hawley was born into slavery, enlisted in Washington s army, and became a businessman and landowner in Trumbull after the war. Local teachers and THS board members Jennifer Winschel and Meredith Ramsey used the book in their primary research for class assignments during Black History Month.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Jennifer Winschel, a music teacher at Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull, left, and Meredith Ramsey, a history at Wilton High School pose together with a book about Nero Hawley at the Trumbull Historical Society in Trumbull, Conn., on Friday Feb. 12, 2020. Hawley was born into slavery, enlisted in Washington s army, and became a businessman and landowner in Trumbull after the war. Win ....
Trumbull s Nero Hawley rose from slavery, became a businessman Donald Eng FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A drawing made of the home of former slave Nero Hawley on display at the Trumbull Historical Society in Trumbull on Friday. Hawley was born into slavery, enlisted in Washington s army, and became a businessman and landowner in Trumbull after the war. Local teachers and THS board members Jennifer Winschel and Meredith Ramsey used the book in their primary research for class assignments during Black History Month.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Jennifer Winschel, a music teacher at Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull, left, and Meredith Ramsey, a history at Wilton High School pose together with a book about Nero Hawley at the Trumbull Historical Society in Trumbull, Conn., on Friday Feb. 12, 2020. Hawley was born into slavery, enlisted in Washington s army, and became a businessman and landowner in Trumbull after the war. Win ....