Honor Roll: Joseph T. Winn Jr., Mer...
This post is about Joseph T. Winn Jr. (1923 – 1943), the second Merchant Marine seaman to lose his life to a U-boat ... READ MORE
Author: Phil Martin
Honor Roll: William Yeates Conwell,...
In my previous post, I provided an overview of the American Legion Honor Roll of 1949. First installed in front of the Post ... READ MORE
Honoring The Ultimate Sacrifice
In a previous post, I made note of the Blue Star banner that was hanging over the Milton Grace UMC Church’s chancel. ... READ MORE
The House That Went Missing
William and Lydia Fearing’s House on Union Street In the spring and summer, the flower garden at the northeast corner ... READ MORE
Grace Church in wartime
History detective investigates an old photograph The above is a photograph of the interior of Grace UMC (United Methodist ... READ MORE
A Finnish Name on a Milton ship: th...
Once again, a casual inquiry into local history has morphed into something quite unexpected. The inquiry in question concerns ... READ MORE
Florence Creadick and her namesake
It turns out that Capt. T. C. Conwell’s 1966 self-published book, Ships and Men of the Broadkill, is not only a ... READ MORE
The Star-Crossed Marie Thomas
In the definitive work on Milton’s shipbuilding history — Ships and Men of the Broadkill, by Capt. T. C. Conwell — 64 ships ... READ MORE
Another Window Gets A Face
Finding photographs of the People Of The Windows is proving to be a task that will take years to complete, if ever. That is ... READ MORE
The House that Welch Built
Among the nearly two hundred 19th century homes in Milton is 205 Union Street, built in 1896 and occupied for many decades by ... READ MORE