Over 300 students and teachers died as a result of this explosion.
A generation was lost.
Today at 3:17 we stand in the monument to honor those who were lost.
Please Google New London School Explosion.
Then think about your children.
Thank You,
AJ
New London, Texas 1937
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AJ01
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New London, Texas 1937
Today at 3:17pm on a lovely spring day all those years ago, the school in this East Texas town I call home and where Susan and I graduated from was the site of the World's Worst School disaster.
Over 300 students and teachers died as a result of this explosion.
A generation was lost.
Today at 3:17 we stand in the monument to honor those who were lost.
Please Google New London School Explosion.
Then think about your children.
Thank You,
AJ
Over 300 students and teachers died as a result of this explosion.
A generation was lost.
Today at 3:17 we stand in the monument to honor those who were lost.
Please Google New London School Explosion.
Then think about your children.
Thank You,
AJ
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Wow, What a Ride!
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Re: New London, Texas 1937
And that disaster is why natural gas smells of sulphur. They add the smell so that it is easily detected. Tragic day.