Author Archives: Patty Spiers

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WWII AVIATION PRESENTS SPECIAL EVENT: D-DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR On Saturday, July 17, the museum will open early for a special presentation on the P-47 and its role in the Battle for France. … Continued

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WWII AVIATION PRESENTS Special Event-The Battle of Midway   On Saturday, June 5th, the museum will open early for a special presentation on the Battle of Midway.  This one-hour event and follow-on flight demonstration will be … Continued

  The IndieFEST Dear Patricia:   Congratulations!   On behalf of our entire staff and panel of judges, I am pleased to inform you that you have won an IndieFEST Film Award!   ******************************************************   Season: November 2020   Patty … Continued

Forgotten Coal Towns of Colorado At the close of the 1800s and the beginning of 1900s Colorado coal towns were isolated, populated mostly by immigrants and driven by the dangerous work–mining coal. This combination of place and people created relations … Continued

Jay Maloney tells Keith Simon of KCME 88.7 FM about his WWII father, Joe Maloney’s letters written in 1942, from Guadalcanal. One day they showed up on Jay’s door step, in shoe box. This opened up a whole new past … Continued

Our dads their brothers (and sometimes our grandfathers) Stories of World War 2 … of them and of us FRIDAY, JUNE 19 – 6:30 PM RESERVATIONS REQUIRED FOR BOTH THE PRESENTATION AND DINNER:  634-1564 PRESENTATION LIMITED TO 20 PERSONS If … Continued

Today, I am saying good-bye to one of my  favorite WWII Pearl Harbor survivors. He was tough, kind, fair and simply beautiful. From Mists of Time produced a television documentary using his words to tell his incredible life. He wrote … Continued

From Mists of Time’s great pal, Mac McGinty is recovering from a broken hip in Boulder Manor Rehab. The 97- year- old talked the Activity Director into allowing him to present our latest movie, “Guadalcanal 1942: A Christmas Story. The … Continued