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The life of John Penniman, ORHS Class of 2001 — Part One Benita Albert and D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking Benita Albert brings us a great story of yet another amazing Oak Ridge schools graduate. John Penniman’s story is one Benita selected because of his contribution to the 75th anniversary book on Oak Ridge schools. It is a two-part story and Part One of his first-person account of his time in Oak Ridge.  *** John David Penniman arrived in Oak Ridge with his family in the summer of 1995. He began seventh grade at Jefferson Middle School (JMS) soon thereafter, and he graduated from O...

Photographer and friend Lynn Freeny D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking In the Ed Westcott tradition of capturing exceptional photographs of Oak Ridge activities, Lynn Freeny has done that for us since 1992. His recent losing battle with cancer took him from us way too early. He was my friend and I miss him already.  Not only did he take outstanding photographs of routine activities and the people involved, he also had an exceptional intrinsic aptitude for capturing artistic scenes such as the rainbow over the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Office Building, which he posted as wallpaper...

D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking My friends Fred Eiler and Dennis Eggert have shared their research into the Revolutionary soldiers who are known to be buried in cemeteries located within the city limits of Oak Ridge. Dennis has compiled the below information for “Historically Speaking.” I am pleased to bring this information to you readers. I also hope we can properly recognize these Revolutionary War veterans with at least one historical marker. I have long been interested in recognizing these individuals but did not have the needed information to confirm the location of the burials. ...

The forgotten Revolutionary War heroes of the Oak Ridge Reservation Dennis Eggert and D. Ray Smith/Special to The Oak Ridger My friends Fred Eiler and Dennis Eggert have shared their research into the Revolutionary War soldiers who are known to be buried in cemeteries located within the city limits of Oak Ridge. Dennis has compiled the information below for “Historically Speaking.” I am pleased to bring this information to you readers. I also hope we can properly recognize these Revolutionary War veterans with at least one historical marker. I have long been interested in recognizing thes...

Those of you who either worked at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25) or at Paducah, Ky., or Portsmouth, Ohio, have helped produce SWU’s and may even understand what it is.