Monthly Archive: April 2023

Charbonneau Family Winter Quarters, Fort Clatsop – Oregon

Charbonneau Family Winter Quarters, Fort Clatsop - Oregon

The Charbonneau Family Winter Quarters at Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, Oregon.

The fort, built over the course of three weeks in December 1805, was occupied until March of 1806. The fort is located on the Lewis and Clark River, not far from the mouth of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, and close to the modern city of Astoria, Oregon. The first replica was built in 1955, from a set of drawings in William Clark’s journals. That fort burned down in 2005, and was replaced the following year by a crew of 700 volunteers, who replaced it with a replica truer to the character of the original structure.

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POW-MIA Black Ribbon, VFW – Rising Sun, Indiana

POW-MIA Black Ribbon, VFW - Rising Sun, Indiana

A POW-MIA Black Ribbon hangs outside of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post in Rising Sun, Indiana. The POW-MIA Black Ribbon, and Flag are the official symbols of the National League of POW/MIA Families, which was created in 1970 to bring awareness to prisoners of war and those missing in action, from Vietnam. The flag, adopted in 1972, has since become a widely adopted symbol, visible at most military installations, US Post Offices, as well as federal and local government agencies, and veteran group posts and celebrations.