by Larry Mound | Feb 22, 2021 | Guam Story-February 2021
Jungle River Boat Cruise Most of our Guam adventures began with a ride around the island with no place in mind, always finding something of interest. While driving in the Talafofo area of Guam, we came across a small sign on the side of the road. It read Jungle River...
by Larry Mound | Apr 4, 2019 | military
I joined a group from the American Association of University women for a tour of The Howey Mansion at Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida about an hour drive from The Villages, where I live. We gathered at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, joined together in a caravan and met...
by Larry Mound | Apr 4, 2019 | military
I joined thirty ladies of the National Society of Daughters of the Union on a field trip to Royal, one of Florida’s oldest African American communities, fifteen minutes’ drive from The Villages, Florida. We drove up to a fenced area with an historic marker...
by Larry Mound | Apr 3, 2019 | Railroad
Remember the days of steam locomotives, coal smoke, distant whistles in the night, the snorting of a mighty engine pulling a heavy train out of the station? Those days are alive today… in miniature… at Ridge Live Steamers RLS in Dundee Florida. The trains are 1/8”...
by Larry Mound | Mar 16, 2019 | Blog, interviews, military, World War 2
Benjamin Mack-Jackson spoke at the John Bartram Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at Eisenhower Recreation Center in the Villages, Florida. This young man spoke eloquently about the program he began at the age of thirteen. His project is to...
