BILLY'S LUCKY DAY?

 FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021

This date prompts me to repeat a Blog I offered

last August. Hope you like it!

 BILLY'S LUCKY DAY?

 I appreciate all the comments that come

in on my blogs each and every day! I've noticed

that some of you like my travel stories and many

seen to like it when I'm writing about history/

   This blog has both!

    My wife and I were in Tamaqua recently.

We visited the Odd Fellow's Cemetery where

William Heath is buried.

      "Billy" Heath has a fascinating story! His

family moved to Tamaqua in Schuylkill County.

He ran into some trouble and decided to run off

and join the Army!

         Unfortunately trouble went along with

him! Soon after enlisting Bill found himself

being sent into battle! He was wounded but

managed to get himself away from the

battlefield!

          He found someone to help him with

his wounds but after he recovered he refused

to go back to the army! Instead he went back

to Tamaqua where he and his wife raised 7 children.

          There are two monuments baring William

Heath's name. One is his tombstone in the

Odd Fellows Cemetery in Tamaqua The other

is in Colorado where his name is among

those of other soldiers killed in action at the

battle of the Little Big Horn!

           William "Billy" Heath claimed to have

survived Custer's Last Stand on this date in

1876!!!!   

            The story is, of course, controversial

but there is some evidence that supports his

version! Only God knows for certain!

             Hope you're well and that all your

NEWS is good! .