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Charlevoix County And Emmet County
HISTORY
Honoring the Military
I have long loved my two local Michigan counties of Charlevoix County where I grew up, and Emmet County where I was born, and where I have lived permanently since 1971. These two counties hold my history. My interests of local history, and genealogy, mesh together well... I am a known local historian and a known family historian, so others often share, with me, information and photos regarding the history of Charlevoix and Emmet Counties, knowing I will treasure what is shared.
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This website exists because John and Maude Still chose to share with me the contents of a special box saved by John's mother Betty Herman Still. The red aged box labeled "Mrs. Steven's Gardenia" no longer holds candy, but still holds sweet valuable content. The box is filled with Betty's clippings of over 500 pictures, with descriptions, from Emmet County's Petoskey MI newspaper of the 1940's. The roughly cut-out clippings capture then current World War II service men and women of Charlevoix County and Emmet County, and, like candy, the photo clippings are meant to be shared and savored by those who appreciate family history and local history, with a military flavor.
If anyone else should wish to share with me any photos or clippings or stories of local Charlevoix County MI or Emmet County MI please e-mail: [email protected]
Thankfully today, we can deal with the duplicity of feelings about war, because we feel that we may remember those who have served, through commemoration, like on this website by recognizing the lives they lived; and their service to our country, and to a cause in which they believed so deeply. THANK YOU to those who have served in our military for our country.
~Karla Howard Buckmaster
If anyone else should wish to share with me any photos or clippings or stories of local Charlevoix County MI or Emmet County MI please e-mail: [email protected]
Thankfully today, we can deal with the duplicity of feelings about war, because we feel that we may remember those who have served, through commemoration, like on this website by recognizing the lives they lived; and their service to our country, and to a cause in which they believed so deeply. THANK YOU to those who have served in our military for our country.
~Karla Howard Buckmaster
Sadly, John Still, the inspiration for this "Honoring the Military" website,
passed away 1 May 2024.
passed away 1 May 2024.
From the Facebook Page of Dorr Carpenter, a fellow friend in personal and military LIVES...
According to the 8 May 1958 Otsego County Herald Times article titled "Michigan History" the following number of Michigan men and women served in various military actions up through the 1953 year:
1861 ~ 100,000 Michigan men were mustered into service in the Civil War which lasted until 1865.
1917 ~ Michigan sent about 175,000 men into the armed forces in World War I.
1946 ~ 673,000 Michigan men and women served in World War II
1953 ~ Approximately 250,000 Michigan men served in the Korean War
1861 ~ 100,000 Michigan men were mustered into service in the Civil War which lasted until 1865.
1917 ~ Michigan sent about 175,000 men into the armed forces in World War I.
1946 ~ 673,000 Michigan men and women served in World War II
1953 ~ Approximately 250,000 Michigan men served in the Korean War
~ REMEMBER ME ~
This "Remember Me" video speaks to all of the emotions of a loved one being in the military.
Segment 33/35 "Father" is the son of a friend... Kyle Cieliczka son of Dave Cieliczka.
Dave Cieliczka attended North Central Michigan College in Petoskey MI in the 1960s.
UPDATE:
After Kyle Cieliczka separated from the regular Navy and submarines,
he served 4 or 5 years in the reserves.
In the reserves, he was assigned to a patrol boat unit in New Hampshire,
with a rating of " Chief gunners mate."
As a result and his boating experience his patrol group was sent to the Gulf,
while the United States was preparing for the second Gulf war.
This "Remember Me" video speaks to all of the emotions of a loved one being in the military.
Segment 33/35 "Father" is the son of a friend... Kyle Cieliczka son of Dave Cieliczka.
Dave Cieliczka attended North Central Michigan College in Petoskey MI in the 1960s.
UPDATE:
After Kyle Cieliczka separated from the regular Navy and submarines,
he served 4 or 5 years in the reserves.
In the reserves, he was assigned to a patrol boat unit in New Hampshire,
with a rating of " Chief gunners mate."
As a result and his boating experience his patrol group was sent to the Gulf,
while the United States was preparing for the second Gulf war.
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The slideshow below was created from the cover pictures of the photograph album (Photo Right) of Arthur Stevens of Petoskey, where he kept his military photos from when he served in WWII as a pilot instructor. The relief styled pictures depict many instances surrounding freedom and liberty which depend so greatly on the service of those in the U.S. military. Arthur's daughter has also graciously shared Arthur's photographs from inside his album for all to enjoy viewing on this website.
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Military Photo Album Cover Belonged to Arthur Stevens
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Article Below: In 1910 Andrew Carnegie gave $10,000,000
for a Perpetual Fund to Establish World Peace and to Attack Existing Evils.
for a Perpetual Fund to Establish World Peace and to Attack Existing Evils.
21 December 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
Below: Go to this web site's WWI Emmet County Military web page
to learn what was happening
on the eventful day in Emmet County's Petoskey MI!
to learn what was happening
on the eventful day in Emmet County's Petoskey MI!
5 June 1917 ~ Federation Park on Corner of Bay and Division streets in Petoskey MI ~ This postcard photo belonged to my Great-Grandmother Marion Mackie Wood of Chandler Township Charlevoix County MI.
Federation Park which no longer exists had once been the site of the home of Charles Caskey who was the contractor who built the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in 93 days! Caskey's Petoskey, Michigan, home on this Bay and Division streets corner was eventually encompassed by the Imperial Hotel. After the Imperial Hotel burned in 1908, the space became Federation Park. Today the site is a parking lot for the Emmet County Building.
19 June 1908 ~ Petoskey Evening News
The women of the Petoskey "Federation" group of clubs had paid all except $196.97
to secure the "Federation" Park.
to secure the "Federation" Park.
16 March 1912 ~ Petoskey Evening News
20 November 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
12 January 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News, continued next column...
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12 January 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News, continued next column...
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12 January 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News continued from left column...
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Photo Below: Local Emmet County Soldiers of wars 53 years apart pay tribute to the war dead....
31 May 1951 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Memorial Day 1965 ~ Petoskey news Review
2019 ~ 2020
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filled with local photos and text, historical and otherwise...
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Chandler Township Michigan Memories
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Walloon Lake Michigan Wanderings
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