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extension into history as well? J: You know, I-I think it might have started off um, as grammar because I, I um, I liked grammar. I enjoyed it, I enjoyed the time we did sentence diagramming— L: My favorite thing. I hate to say it’s a lost art, but I used to love it! Haha J: Yes, and I always used to enjoy

. Can you remember some of the things beyond the highligh to fhte wonderful miltary ball some of the things that uh, you feel as a member you gained from it, or some of the things you did? Was it a place to come and heal for some of the soldiers after the war, what, what, how would you describe it while

up to the decision to choose him as the uh person whose name would— B: Well as I understand, uh, he was the first uh African American Lancaster African American to die in, in uh the war. L a n c a s t e r H i s t o r y �L: World War II. B: World War II. L: And again where was his casualty? B: He was

Transcriber: Miles Shugar [] indicates uncertainty of what was spoken Ruby Wilkerson (W): Ruby M May Wilkerson. Carole Lefever (L): And where were you born, Mrs. Ruby? W: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. L: Oh I was from Harrisburg most of my life as well! And you came to Lancaster about when? W: 19…I forget the