{"id":351,"date":"2021-08-22T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2021-08-23T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:21:43","slug":"ww-ii-homecoming-in-norton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"WW II Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcoming the World War II veterans 1946&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<style>\n                #foogallery-gallery-350.fg-justified .fg-item {\n                    margin-right: 2px;\n                    margin-bottom: 2px;\n                }\n\n                #foogallery-gallery-350.fg-justified .fg-image {\n                    height: 200px;\n                }\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom2 fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-350\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII 1\" data-attachment-id=\"314\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Norton&#039;s Service Women\" height=\"300\" width=\"398\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-1\/2711554760.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22398%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20398%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII 1<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-2.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII Homecoming\" data-attachment-id=\"315\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chief Marshall Flaherty and Staff\" height=\"300\" width=\"372\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-2\/1040749335.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22372%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20372%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII Homecoming<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-3.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII Homecoming\" data-attachment-id=\"316\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Planes stage Air Show to honor Norton&#039;s sons\" height=\"300\" width=\"378\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-3\/3247124941.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22378%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20378%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII Homecoming<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-4.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII\" data-attachment-id=\"317\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Educational Float of Talbot Wool Combing Company\" height=\"300\" width=\"371\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-4\/3663111912.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22371%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20371%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-5.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Norton&#039;s heroes at welcome home banquet\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII 5\" data-attachment-id=\"318\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"408\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-5\/3916664098.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22408%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20408%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII 5<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-6.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII 6\" data-attachment-id=\"319\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Avery Clapp in J.C. Pratt Float\" height=\"300\" width=\"370\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-6\/1994659069.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22370%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20370%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII 6<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-7.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII\" data-attachment-id=\"320\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lt. Harold A. 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height=\"300\" width=\"387\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-9\/1705769438.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22387%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20387%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-10.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII\" data-attachment-id=\"323\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bobby&#039;s Ice Cream Shoppe boys mock Nazis\" 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height=\"300\" width=\"247\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-11\/1662014065.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22247%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20247%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norton-WWII-12.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Norton WWII\" data-attachment-id=\"325\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Float of Norton Lions Club\" height=\"300\" width=\"383\" 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class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Norton-WWII-13\/2143919422.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22381%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20381%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Norton WWII 13<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcoming the World War II veterans 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