Muriel Martin:  

After high school graduation I attended COS in Visalia before trekking to Fresno where I attended FSC With 91 units under my belt I began teaching First Grade in Parlier, Fresno County on a provisional credential. Twenty six years later I was living in Bakersfield, Kern County where I was active in Boy Scouts as an adult Scouter, worked on many election boards handing voting ballots to voters, and served as chairman of hobbies and collectibles, Kern County Fair for many years. I like people. And, was still teaching school. I have many happy memories of years spent in classrooms in McFarland, Kern County, and 4 years teaching Kindergarten at Edison, on the edge of Bakersfield, Kern Co. My children's father was not long home from Vietnam when we met and married, I have always felt sad that he never had opportunity to finally see the Nam vet recognized for their service, Early in our marriage we visited San Francisco ... his feet were bandaged due to an agricultural chemical accident at work, we were surrounded by a group of shrieking persons shouting Baby Killer. True he had been a combat soldier in Nam, however, the bandages on his feet had nothing to do with Nam, nor were the forceps scars on his face the result of combat. Sadly he died before the wall was built in DC and before the country began to include the Nam vet in welcome home parades. I have had a nearly life long interest in history, in particularly the War Between the States. My husband another Nam vet and I share an interest in the history of our country, hence our wedding trip nearly 30 years ago was a delight touring battlefields and visiting Washington DC. Today we live on 10 acres in Oklahoma where it...Expand for more