Introduction
The month after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in 1968, I enlisted in the Army’s Intelligence Branch for three years. President Lyndon Johnson had just sent the Regular Army simultaneously to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Chicago to help control the ensuing violence and riots that had overwhelmed police and National Guard. This was a very strange and violent time. We’ve been lucky the country has largely been free of this kind of large-scale mayhem and destruction until the recent looting and riots we saw during the pandemic in the summer of 2020.
William John Bowe, Sr.
William John Bowe, Sr. 1970 William John Bowe, Sr. – His Early Life & Law Practice, Recalled in The Families Early Life and Schooling In The Families, Mary Gwinn Bowe wrote about her husband’s early life: William John (Patrick) Bowe [...]
Augustine Joseph Bowe
Augustine Joseph Bowe On February 11, 1961 in City Hall Augustine J. Bowe is congratulated by Mayor Richard J. Daley and Richard Nelson as he is inaugurated as Chief Justice of the Municipal Court Sen [...]
The Casey and the Gwinn Families
The Casey and Gwinn Families Editor's Note: After Tony Bowe's interview with Bill Bowe about his immediate family, they then turn to the Casey and Gwinn families. Topics include how John and Martha met, their early lives, [...]
Bill Bowe on His Brother Richard Gwinn Bowe
[French and English subtitles are available at the CC (Closed Captions) button on the video’s lower right corner.] Bill Bowe on His Brother Richard Gwinn Bowe Editor's Note: In this part of Tony Bowe's interview of [...]
How Bill Bowe, Sr. Met and Married Mary Gwinn
How Bill Bowe, Sr. Met Mary Gwinn Editor's Note: In this part of Tony Bowe's conversation, he asks Bill Bowe how his parents met. In answering Bill talks about the relationship between his mother, Mary Gwinn Bowe, [...]
Bill Bowe, Sr. Is Injured in France in World War II
Bill Bowe, Sr. Is Injured in France in World War I Editor's Note: Bill Bowe's father had joined the Illinois National Guard when he graduated in 1915 from Loyola University Law School in Chicago. When President Woodrow Wilson [...]
