by Wayne Rowlands | Oct 6, 2013 | History
It’s been nearly 75 years, but Renata Laxova remembers with heartbreaking clarity the night her mother put her on the kindertransport train to England with 100 other children. “My mother said, ‘We love you and we want you to be happy and go to school...
by Wayne Rowlands | Apr 19, 2013 | History
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, USA, on 19 April 1868, Paul P. Harris was the second of six children of George N. and Cornelia Bryan Harris. At age three, he moved to Wallingford, Vermont, where he grew up in the care of his paternal grandparents, Howard and Pamela Harris....
by Wayne Rowlands | Feb 23, 2013 | History
Rotarians around the world celebrated Rotary’s 108th anniversary, 23 February, with a variety of events ranging from global swimming marathons to the illumination of landmark buildings with the End Polio Now message. See a slideshow of images from this year’s...
