Articles written by Ells Bartlow

Ells Bartlow|Nov 18, 2010

(Editor's Note:) In his Veterans' Day speech to Waitsburg High School on Nov. 10, Ells Bartlow shared with students and the com­munitysix results produced by wars: casualties, heroes, presidents, songs, character and memorable quotations. Here are the words this local veteran spoke in honor of his comrades. First of all, wars of course bring causal­ities. The Civil War caused more deaths than all the other wars involved in our history. Over 600,000 died in that war, and over 400,000 were w...