Greetings from Palm Springs! My name is Lee Wilson Jr. and I am the Palm Springs Post 519 Historian. Locally, I teach World and U.S. History at Cathedral City High School. I began the Palm Springs Fallen Heroes Project to honor two of my former students: PFC Ming Sun/KIA Iraq 2007 and CWO2 Suresh N.A. Krause/KIA Afghanistan 2012. It quickly morphed into honoring all our local fallen heroes and our Gold Star families. With the help of our local teacher union, the Palm Springs Teachers Association, I created a display at the Palm Springs Air Museum that honors all our local 27 KIA/MIA from World War Two, Korea, Vietnam plus Ming/Iraq and Suresh/Afghanistan. We recently replaced all 27 fallen heroes banners that were displayed in the parking lot. Sponsors of the banners included our Post 519 Color Guard, Auxiliary, Sons, Riders, 40/8 and DAV 66 Chapter. The next time you are in Palm Springs, please check out my display at the air museum, then swing by our post to say hi! 400 N. Belardo Rd., Palm Springs 92262 760-325-6229 Like us on Facebook: Palm Springs American Legion Post 519 and check out our webpage at: palmspringslegion.org
Author: Lee Wilson Jr
World/U.S. History Teacher, Cathedral City High School Area 5 Historian