September 2020

People build memorials to memories of people and events, at Station Munro they have the "Cost of War" memorial which hosts many different memorials to many different things. These memorials have been built by members of the Coast Guard, LT Lacie, and MSCPO Adili Roge to honor the memory of the fallen heroes which Station Munro represents. I am writing to touch on these … [Read more...] about Memorials are for Memories

This article covers the museum of Station Munro, as in the interview it continued on to cover the airplanes and boats, let’s continue the journey into the rest of the Station Munro story.   Adili Roge: you have the Kingsbury, Sir?  Fitzwilliam Darcy: Kingfisher? Yup  Adili Roge: oh yeah, that hehe  Adili Roge: this is the … [Read more...] about The Munro Museum

WPB is the acronym of Wheeler Patrol Boat.  The United States Coast Guard wooden-hulled 83-foot patrol boats (also called cutters) were all built by Wheeler Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York, during World War II. The first 136 cutters fitted with a tapered-roof Everdur silicon bronze wheelhouse, but due to a growing scarcity of that metal during the war, the … [Read more...] about Munro WPB History

September 11, 2001, will always be a day of remembrance for many in the United States of America. How can we forget the tragic attack on many American lives and the twin towers in downtown New York City? You can't; the thoughts are too horrific to forget, the scenes of smoke and fire-belching out of the twin towers, people jumping out of windows to escape the fires only to … [Read more...] about Always Remember

What is the special meaning behind the Poppy Flower? I did a bit of looking and found this article on how the Poppy became the flower of remembrance. Remembrance Poppies "Here’s another war-related history lesson about the poppy flower. During World War 1, a battle took place in a place called Flanders in France. After the fighting stopped, and shallow graves held … [Read more...] about Remembering a Poppy