Home Town and another great day, Memorial Building is where we took off to today in Wabash, In.  This is the War Memorial building that I had actually signed all my papers to Join the U.S. Marines in 1969.  I will never forget that day.  So many others had done the same as I did throughout the years throughout our town history.  Some of those young men did not make it back home, they are our true heroes.  I thank all of them and their families for the sacrifice they had given in order for me to continue with our lives we all have today.  I now have posted three posts concerning this little town, and I hope many of you can relate to what I am trying to convey.  Our history, our past, and present has made us what and who we are today.  I look at this building in awe, as I wonder who built... 07/28/2007

An Old Theatre, with so many memories....As a kid I would walk over two miles to come to the downtown Wabash Theatre and pay my 25 cents to get in to see the movie, and of course the 10 cents for popcorn.  This Theatre was built and opened in 1905, and still stands as it did so long ago.  The inside is as it was, with three balcony's, and a huge ball room as well.  Things have not changed much with this theatre, cost is a little higher now at six dollars per grown up.  And the popcorn is also a little higher as well.  But, the memories are still there, the cost?  Priceless.  I love this old building, and what it stood for so long ago.  A place to come and relax, meet with other kids, and enjoy a Walt Disney movie, like the Shaggy Dog, or Boris Karloff's scary movies as well, that was no... 07/28/2007

As I grew up in Wabash, Indiana I never gave it much thought about all he hoopla about our town being the First Electrically Lighted City in the World.  But as years have gone by, I now understand what this all meant to the City so long ago.  On March 31, 1880 at 8:00 P.M. it happened, the light was installed and history would forever change our little town called Wabash.  The light today rests in a sealed glass box in the Court House located downtown, you cannot miss it, believe me.  As a young man I would look at this one light bulb that gave off so much light, and it was still in tact, not broken.  I am leaving you with a link about the story telling you about the light, and a little history of how Wabash actually made this possible.  By clicking on the link you will know the cost of... 07/25/2007