Honoring a Legacy of Service

This tribute to father-and-son veterans Reichmann and Richard Knell is on display at Tremont Library (2800 Tremont Road) in the hallway to the Children’s Room throughout November 2024.

The voices of these former UA residents are heard through letters, essays and this audio clip from a early 1990s presentation by Richard Knell. The physical items, preserved and cherished all these years in the Knell family, serve to educate this and future generations to come.

The main panels follow below for reading at-home. Please come to the library to fully appreciate the valued items of this collection.

See more items and explanations at the display at Tremont Library during the month of November.

The Society is grateful to our Veterans Voices volunteer team (Carolyn Barger, Charlie Groezinger, and Erik Yassenoff) for their efforts to create this display; to our Archives volunteer team led by Melanie Brown and Lee Bracken for processing these items into our collections; to the UA Public Library for their display space and UA Archives site; to Board member Suzy Owen for her help with the collection; and to Susan G. Knell for donating these items to us.