World War I veterans

On my walk at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, I arrived at the main mausoleum and discovered the family crypt of William George Barker, a World War I flying ace and one of Canada’s most highly decorated servicemen, and a Victoria Cross recipient. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Barker grew up in a large farming family, where he […]

On my walk through Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, I visited the grave of Eddie Rickenbacker, the most decorated American flying ace of World War I. Rickenbacker was born in 1890 in Columbus to Swiss immigrant parents. His childhood was marked by hardship. When Eddie was just thirteen, his father was killed in a […]