Bridge to History

03/12/2025

It’s been a super busy month, and we have much to catch up on, but we wanted to give a special shout out to Jett Golladay - 2024 Bridge to History ambassador.

Jett came out to Toccoa, Georgia with us last March for the first time, and since then he’s basically become an honorary citizen of the town. Any opportunity he has, he and his dad drive make the 7 hour drive over and volunteer at Camp Toccoa at Currahee, Inc..

This past weekend, while the camp hosted a jump training event Jett was invited to set up a display in the museum from his personal WWII collection!! So awesome.

He’s a brilliant lad and an incredibly hard worker. Thank you Jett for representing your generation so well! We are so proud of you.

02/06/2025

We apologize for the website glitch this past week. It is now back up and running. Feel free to send in applications.

To those who are waiting for a response: we are getting back to emails ASAP. THANK YOU for you patience!

12/09/2024

Don Grave’s “Oorah” is how we feel about today. 🥳Pop over to the stories for a sneak peak

12/05/2024

2024 Bridge to History Ambassador Logan.

If you would like to support the Bridge to History Program, you can make a tax-deductible donation here:

www.bridge2history.com/donate

****Every dollar goes to the program and giving these incredibly bright children a once in a life-time educational experience.

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"My Name is Logan, I am 10 years old and live in Azle, Texas with my dad, mom and sister. My family is a military family and was raised by their values of integrity and respect. My dad is second generation military (his dad was in the Army.) and he is still in the Air Force as a First Sergeant. My mom is a third generation Air Force and served 10 years. Her grandpa enlisted in the Army Air Corps and during his basic training the Air Force was born in 1947.

History is my favorite subject in school, but I also enjoy reading and watching movies based on true stories like Pearl Harbor and Hacksaw Ridge. The reason I like to learn about WWII is because of the era of innovation from navy ships to the aircraft all the way to the Army tanks. I think it is really awesome how the world came to help the European countries that were being attacked by the Germans.

I know that the military veterans and civilians that experience D-Day and the war are passing, and I really want to hear their stories before they pass so I can share their stories. To honor their memory of the war and what they sacrificed not only on the beaches but also everything that everyone did to make the the world we have today."

12/05/2024

2024 Bridge to History Ambassador Jett.
If you would like to support the Bridge to History Program, you can make a tax-deductible donation here:
www.bridge2history.com/donate (LINK IN BIO)

****Every dollar goes to the program and giving these incredibly bright children a once in a life-time educational experience.
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“My interest in WW2 began when I was around six years old. My dad came home from an antique store with an original US WW2 steel helmet that he had purchased for me. From that day on, my interest has turned into an obsession. We regularly spend weekends traveling and looking for any WW2 items both Allied and Axis to add to my constantly growing collection. Whenever we have someone new come over to our house, they never escape with out having to take the “tour” of my WW2 collection. Whenever I add something new to my collection, I feel like I have saved part of history and as long as I have it, it’s story can be told and it can live on forever.

There are many reasons I would love to be one of the lucky kids chosen. First, would be the amazing opportunity to see battlefields and sites that I have only ever read about and seen pictures of. Second, would be the chance to expand my knowledge of WW2 and learn about these events in greater detail and bring back what I have learned so that I can pass on and share that information with others around my community. While telling others about my experiences and what I learned while there, I may be able to spark an interest in someone else who may also come to love learning about history and WW2 as I do.”

12/04/2024

2024 Bridge to History Ambassador Griffin.

If you would like to support the Bridge to History Program, you can make a tax-deductible donation here: www.bridge2history.com/donate

****Every dollar goes to the program and giving these incredibly bright children a once in a life-time educational experience.

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"My name is Griffin. I am just a kid who loves war history but more specifically WW2. All my research has been done on my own time. School has not covered this part of our world’s history yet. I feel passionate about this time in history because it fascinates me,

I have several members of my family who proudly served in WW2. I have so many books on this topic I have spent many nights just looking at the pictures, reading, and rereading all my books. I got hooked on learning about the war when I was building the USS Missouri Lego, then I wanted to know more about the war and my grandpa started telling me stories. And I started doing my own research.

I was too little to know about the war when my great grandparents were alive. If I could go back in time, I would ask them a million questions. Going on this trip would give me the chance to talk to war heroes and hear their stories firsthand. I would love to see all the places I have read about in my books and may never get to see without this chance."

11/28/2024

One week from today our new group of Bridge to History students travel to Pearl Harbor for the 83rd anniversary commemorations!

We have three students, Jett, Logan, and Griffin who have been researching the veterans they will be traveling with watching related films and reading books. And now it’s countdown to departure!

We would like to invite you to partner with us and help make this experience truly unforgettable for our students and the veterans.

For any donation $25 or over, we would like to send you our commemorative patch and sticker made especially for this 83rd anniversary. For any donation of $100 or more, we would like to send you our special commemorative patch as well as our B2H Pearl Harbor T-shirt designed specifically for this commemorative event. (Please note that your T-shirt will be ordered in your size once your donation has been placed and will be shipped to you in the middle of December.)

You can donate here:
https://www.bridge2history.com/donate

Also, please make sure you follow along on social media with us to see all the interesting things our students will be doing!

11/28/2024

LINK IN BIO || One week from today our new group of Bridge to History students travel to Pearl Harbor for the 83rd anniversary commemorations!

We have three students, Jett, Logan, and Griffin who have been researching the veterans they will be traveling with watching related films and reading books. And now it’s countdown to departure!

We would like to invite you to partner with us and help make this experience truly unforgettable for our students and the veterans.

For any donation $25 or over, we would like to send you our commemorative patch and sticker made especially for this 83rd anniversary. For any donation of $100 or more, we would like to send you our special commemorative patch as well as our B2H Pearl Harbor T-shirt designed specifically for this commemorative event. (Please note that your T-shirt will be ordered in your size once your donation has been placed and will be shipped to you in the middle of December.)

You can donate here:
WWW.BRIDGE2HISTORY.COM/DONATE

Also, please make sure you follow along on social media with us to see all the interesting things our students will be doing!

10/07/2024

Here’s a little throwback to October 2023 and a great trip with some amazing kids for Bridge to History.

10/06/2024

Adam doing wonderful things for his community!

We want to give a special thanks to this young man. Adam is a long time customer and very passionate about learning about military history and this nation- so much that he went to Normandy a few years ago for vacation! Since the flood he has been helping us by taking items that need to be cleaned to his home and washing them for us, probably wearing out his parents washer and dryer and if I know him probably taking time to research and learn about every interesting piece that he comes across.

Help us say thanks to him!

07/03/2024

While the Bridge to History ambassadors were in town, we wanted to give them the chance to listen and learn from the experiences of veterans of various wars. So Saturday afternoon we sat them down for a round table chat with Korea vet Gerry Brown and Vietnam vet Bill Henry.

It was a fantastic 2 hours. Gerry and Bill talked about their early life, the specifics of their jobs, and their overall perspective on the role they played in American history.

The kids asked questions and shared a bit about their trip to Normandy.

Honoring our veterans and connecting them to the youth of today has been our motto for the last 10 years. Opportunities like this are priceless - when these kids can sit at the feet of our veterans and listen to them share. Not just war stories, but the value and purpose of what it means to be an American citizen.