Military New Albany Ohio
A Need for Speed This Saturday, August 27th from 10 AM until 4PM we will showcase our Top Gun Naval Aviator display at the Ealy House in New Albany. I am honored to say that long time New Albany resident Jim Bryant will be joining us throughout the morning. Mr. Bryant is the last WWII…
DON RANNEY INTERVIEW 2020 On October 23, 2020, I asked Don Ranney to join me at Eagle Pizza for a photo shoot in front of the 75th Anniversary of the end of WWII commemorative mural I had placed on the side of our building. The Peace at Last Mural was featured on the front cover…
For a number of years, the New Albany-Plain Towship Historical Society has followed member Pamela Sconiers Whitelock’s search for her uncle, Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers. Lt. Sconiers was a WWII hero and Distinguished Service Cross recipient who mysteriously died while imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, the German prison camp made famous by the movie The…
The Historical Society has been very busy the last few months and hopefully our doings have impacted the community and brought attention in a positive way. At our April 4th meeting, we shared a 2016 video created by Mark Easton with Dennis Keesee detailing the military career of Pearl Harbor survivor Milton Mapou, who passed…
The 75th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6 1944-2019 On June 6, the Historical Society hosted a D-Day 75th Anniversary event at the New Albany United Methodist Church. A heartfelt thank you goes out to Monica Morgan for procuring the church including the rental fees; Helen Pestel for letting us in early and hurriedly helping to…
“FINDING SCONIERS” Wins Documentary Competition The New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society has shared the journey of member Pamela Whitelock as she worked with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for ten years to recover her uncle, Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers. Sconiers was a WWII B-17 bombardier who earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism…