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Opha May Johnson monument finds new home at Veterans Memorial Park
Kokomo Tribune, Ind. via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoMar. 5—The Opha May Johnson monument finally has a home. The project, headed by the Howard County Memorial Corporation, will be placed at the Howard County Veterans Memorial Park at 600 S. Goyer ...
Courthouse lawn location nixed for Opha May Johnson memorial
Kokomo Tribune, Ind. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 24—The proposed memorial for Opha May Johnson, a Kokomo native and the country's first ever female Marine, will not be placed on the Howard County Courthouse square, but county officials ...
Veterans group plans Opha May Johnson courthouse monument
Kokomo Tribune, Ind. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 28—A local veterans group is planning a courthouse monument for Kokomo native Opha May Johnson, the U.S.'s first female Marine. The Howard County Veterans Memorial Corporation, headed by ...
First female Marine honored at local American Legion's birthday
Kokomo Tribune, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 12—Usually, when people list Kokomo's qualifiers as the "City of Firsts," they name things such as the first commercially produced car, or the invention of the pneumatic tire. But on Veterans ...
Permanent art installations on the rise in Kokomo
Kokomo Tribune, Ind. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 30—Kokomo's art scene has expanded throughout 2023. While a number of exhibits will be swapped out in coming months or years, residents can comfortably grow attached to a handful of artistic ...