EPISODE · Apr 24, 2025 · 48 MIN
April 24, 2025: A long overdue honor for the 6888 Postal Battalion; From flood to fruit
from Colorado Matters
In World War II, an all women of color battalion solved an enormous backlog of mail between the homefront and the battlefront. Now, they're finally getting recognition with a Congressional Gold Medal. Then, land ravaged by a flash flood in 2013 becomes a budding fruit orchard in Lyons to give back to the community. Plus, training to fight wildfires from the air, the decades-long effort to bring clean water to southern Colorado, and a furniture bank furnishes new starts.
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April 24, 2025: A long overdue honor for the 6888 Postal Battalion; From flood to fruit
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