Bracken Cadets Jr. Drum and Bugle Corps
A digitized photograph of the Chester W. Terchon VFW Post Bristol, Pa c. 1950
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Poster collection
Framed American Legion Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps. certificates for George W. Gensbauer
A digitized framed American Legion Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps. certificates for George W. Gensbauer.
Citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Brackens 80th Anniversary
A digitized framed citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Brackens 80th Anniversary
A digitized framed collection of portraits of the Bracken Cadets in 1939.
A digitized photograph of a Bracken Cadets Banquet in the 1940s.
Triboro Stadium, Randalls Island, American Legion National Convention
A digitized photograph, New York August 24, 1952 Triboro Stadium, Randalls Island, American Legion National Convention.
Appreciation Award for Cadet Arthur Younglove, October 22, 1960
A digitized appreciation award for Cadet Arthur Younglove, October 22, 1960.
Framed American Legion Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps. certificate for Michael De Lissio
A digitized certificate awarded to Michael De Lissio.
Honorable Discharge from the American Legion Cadets for Drum Majorette Betty D. Banes
A digitized honorable discharge certificate from the American Legion Cadets for Drum Majorette Betty D. Banes.
Certificate of Lifetime Achievement presented to Art Younglove
A digitized certificate of Lifetime Achievement presented to Art Younglove.
Framed copy of the 1st Photo of the Bracken Cadets
A digitized framed copy of the first Bracken Cadets. The caption reads: First row: Wilson Van Doren, Raymond Ford, Edmond Green, Rogers, James Hill, Joseph Winslow, Franklin Fine, William Wichster, Ellis Comfort, Russell Unruh Second row: Arnold North, Fred Bell, Louis Klvorvitch, Wayne Warner, Phillip Felli, William Allen, George Henton, Lawrence Machette (deceased), Claude Hearn, Walter Kornstead Third row: Harry Burbank, Charles Briodie, John Johnson, Lawrence McLaughlin, Wayne Milnor, Thompson, Robert MacDonald, Irwin Scheffey, Rens Swan, William Winslow Fourth row: Fred Herrman, Virdin Watt, Harry Smith, Louis Harris, Edward Mariner, Robert Hendricks, Gilbert Herman, John Van Horn
Framed Resolution from the Borough of Bristol Honoring the Bracken Cadets on their 80th Anniversary
A digitized framed resolution from the Borough of Bristol Honoring the Bracken Cadets on their 80th Anniversary
Framed letter from the President commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Bracken Cadets
A digitized framed letter from the President commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Bracken Cadets
Honorable Discharge from the Bracken Cadets Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps George Gensbauer
A digitized framed honorable discharge from the Bracken Cadets Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps George Gensbauer
Bracken Post American Legion Cadet Drum & Bugle Corps
A digitized photograph of the Bracken Post American Legion Cadet Drum & Bugle Corps, undated.
A digitized photograph of the Bracken Post American Legion Cadet Drum & Bugle Corps color guard, undated.
Bristol American Legion Cadet State Champs Plaque
A digitized photograph of a Bristol American Legion Cadet State Champs 32, 33, 34, 35 wooden plaque.
American Legion Jr. Champions Dept. Penna.
A digitized photograph, American Legion Jr. Champions Dept. Penna.
Bracken Cadets 1957 Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.
A digitized photograph, Bracken Cadets 1957 Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.
A digitized set of photographs of the Bracken Cadets from 1968-1970.
Board 8: The Bracken Cadets in the 1937-38
A digitized poster board highlighting the PA State Champions, parades, and more.
A digitized poster board highlighting the Bracken Cadets in the 1940s.
A digitized poster board highlighting the Bracken Cadets on Memorial Day in 1947.
Senior Class Bristol High School Mount Vernon May 8, 1941
[Featuring Helen and Vincent Boccardo Jr.]
Bristol High School Yearbook 1941: Les Memoirs
[Black leather case with gold lettering “Purple Heart”]
Vincent Boccardo Jr.
[Purple Heart medal inscribed "Vincent Boccardo Jr."]
Back row (left to right): Anthony, Albert, Vincent Sr., Theresea, JoAnne (aka Jenny), Josephine (Josie). Front row (left to right): Vincent Jr. and Helen.
[Sicily-Rome American Cemetery & Memorial Nettuno Italy. Hand-tinted schematic with Vinent B. Jr. Cross headstone]
[Original mailing tube with postage and mailing label for FDR certificate and cemetery print]
[Presidential accommodation for Vincent Boccardo Jr., signed by Franklin D Roosevelt]
[Purple Heart certificate awarded to Vincent Boccardo Jr.]
[Framed letter in memory of Vincent Boccardo Jr. signed by John F. Kennedy]
[Signed photograph of Anthony Boccardo, to his mother Thersea Boccardo while at Camp Clayborn]
Anthony Boccardo
[Portrait of Albert Boccardo in his Navy uniform]
Albert Boccardo
[Small sepia-toned photo of Vincent Boccardo Sr., Vincent Boccardo Jr., and 2 unidentified servicemen]
Vincent Boccardo Sr.
[Citation of Honor for Vincent Boccardo Jr., signed H.H Arnold ]
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial- The American Battle Monuments Commission
American Memorials and Overseas Military Cemeteries- The American Battle Monuments Commission
[Bristol High School Diploma for Vincent James Boccardo]
[Example Virtual Scavenger Hunt 2020 Participant Photograph of the Bristol Wharf]
Bristol Wharf near the King George II Inn "Now" (September 2020) superimposed with an image of a flooded wharf after a hurricane in August of 1955.
St. Marks Roman Catholic Church, Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, Churchyard Cemetery, 1845
From the primary author, Hazel Lamon, February 29, 1996: "This book is divided into two parts. The first part contains a short history of the St. Marks R.C. Church at Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, taken from 'History of Bristol, Pennsylvania' by Doron Green - 1911. A history of St. Marks School is taken from 'History of Old Homes on Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pa.' by Doron Green - 1938. Many of the tombstones in the churchyard cemetery have been in the ground for one hundred and fifty years and some are illegible. They are a monument to those who came from Ireland in search of a better life and made their home here in America. I have relied on the record for a list of those in unmarked graves. The second part contains the St. Marks R.C. Cemetery on Bristol Pike, Pennsylvania. Ground was purchased on April 1, 1892 from the Bristol Cemetery Land Company, Inc. by the Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia. See page #37 & etc. for details of the graveyard in part two of this book."
1996 ; some additions made from 1998-2001
Grundy Archive volunteers Harold and Carol Mitchener provided additions at the back of the book.
Individual pages have been uploaded to this website as JPEG files -- a single PDF file is available from the Grundy Archive upon request.
Tombstone Inscriptions from the St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Bristol, PA.
Copied and indexed by Clarence H. King, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA.
Bucks County Historical Society, 84 South Pine Street Doylestown, PA 18901-4999
John Milner Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for the Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey, Bureau for Historic Preservation, PA Historical & Museum Commission.
Bureau for Historic Preservation, PA Historical & Museum Commission.