Summary
With Armed Forces Day having just concluded and Memorial Day fast approaching, I thought I'd share the story of Emory Ewart Watchorn, the World War I aviator whose death at age 25 in 1921 inspired his father Robert to create the Lincoln Memorial Shrine and donate it to the city of Redlands.
Emory Ewart Watchorn, or Ewart, as he was known to family and friends, was the only child of Robert and Alma Watchorn to survive to adulthood, their first son, Robert Jr., having died as an infant.See the full content of this document
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Emory Ewart Watchorn and the Great War
Born in New York City in 1895, Ewart moved with his parents to Southern California in 1909. Robert's position as immigration service commissioner at Ellis Island had come to an end, a result of his disagreement with newly-elected president William Howard Taft over cutting back on the numbe...
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