The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

MOLLUS Gets New Commander

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States has a new commander, Karl Schaeffer of Massilon, Ohio. He joined the organization in 1994 and has written a 430 page book "Captain Ender's Legion" in 2001.

His first act was to lay a wreath at the gettysburg Monument Nov. 17th and other ceremonies are set for Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, and the Lincoln Monument in Washington, DC.

He also headed a drive to get a Lincoln Highway viaduct dedicated to the Four Chaplains in 1993, an effort that took a year. There are bronze plaques at each end. The four chaplains were a Catholic priest, Jewish rabbi, and two ministers aboard the Dorchester, an old luxury liner turned into troopship when it was sunk by a German U-boat in 1943 resulting in 672 deaths, including their own when they gave up their life jackets so that others could live. Now that is an act of valor.

Mr. Schaeffer has turned part of his home into a museum, one devoted to the Civil War and containing the sash his great grandfather wore into battle. The other part is devoted to John Wayne. Also in the house is a 42 year collection of National Geographic.

Sounds Like a Man of Many Interests. --The Old B-Runner

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