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Day: September 27, 2015

Spirit of 45 Military Vehicles on the Bankhead Highway

Posted on September 27, 2015 By Tom No Comments on Spirit of 45 Military Vehicles on the Bankhead Highway
Geocaching and Maps, History and Genealogy, Local, Photography

MVPA Convoy Desaturated

There’s a reason I named this blog RandomConnections. The URL RandomThoughts was taken…but that’s beside the point. Time and time again the idea of “random connections” has proved itself to be the more appropriate title, as tenuous threads appear that seem to bind disparate ideas together. Such was the case this past week.

I got a forwarded e-mail from my brother, Stephen, with a note that a historical convoy would be passing through our area. The convoy would feature vintage military vehicles, and I thought it would be a cool photo opportunity. Little did I realize how closely this event would tie right into my recent research and explorations.

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