Sam and Helena make plans for the family to flee
When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics
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A People, A Place: The Story of Abilene Volume 2: The Modern City, 1940-2010 Memoir_Gift_Guide Sam and Helena make plansIn 1940, Abilene, Texas was just an overgrown country town of some 25,000 souls. World War II wrought a permanent change through the advent of a major army training camp housing 60,000 troops. Although the base closed at the end of the war, the city soon attracted an air force base that continued to leaven the community. Over the next seventy years, Abilene grew to be home to nearly 120,000 citizens. Population growth carried with it the need for