A Marion filmmaker is bringing a labor of love to the big screen. Terry Cline and his team of veteran videographers created a new film highlighting “The Wall That Heals,” the traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Delaware in 2024. “We need to honor all veterans. We should never forget the veterans,” Cline […]
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‘Lest We Forget’: Veterans Memorial Park a Living Tribute to Local Service Members
When the city of Marion donated 7.5 acres to create a Veterans Memorial Park in 1982, Marion became the first city in the United States to honor veterans and service members from all wars. “This is not a community that turned its back on veterans. Marion is a veterans’ town and a patriotic town,” said […]
Bill Anderson: The Man Who Made Marion Rise Up
One man’s trial and the riot it sparked put Marion in the national spotlight in 1839. Local historian Sharon Gattshall spent three years researching the life of Bill Anderson, whose trial on accusations of being a fugitive slave threw the city into turmoil and ignited national debate. “Many think the civil rights movement began in […]
Here Today Offers Bargain Hunters Deal
A local entrepreneur’s journey to owning her own discount retail store, Here Today, at the Marion Centre Mall started decades ago. Early Lessons in Entrepreneurship Growing up in Marion, Jackie Sanders watched her father, Jack Williams, leave Marion Power Shovel to start his own construction firm. While attending Pleasant Local Schools, Saunders heard about the […]
