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I don't even care about the details at this point. I know, direct from my stalwart grandmothers, the hard work and sacrifice of those years and the years right after. Moms went to work. Grandmas tended gardens. Several of my husband's relatives went to CA and worked in the CCC camps. One grandmother, while caring for her husband felled by stroke, tilled, planted, and harvested 1/2 acre garden by herself, canning for their needs, selling the rest at a makeshift stand at the end of her driveway. If not indentically there, it happened in increments all over this nation. @PapaGamer

It's great to remember the historical sacrifice & work these particular ladies did, but there are many historical fallacies stated or in this post. I understand you may have just posted it from Facebook & I'm not meaning to be a jerk, but it just isn't accurate. First, the men from German Mennonite families in McPherson County Kansas were NOT drafted into military service as combatants & didn't work in any type of war plants (i.e. munitions plants). They were COs- conscientious objectors in the CPS- Civilian Public Service. Military aged men were not at home because they were living in church-administered camps doing forestry, conservation, & mental hospital staffing during the days. Some were even assaulted because they refused to fight or make munitions. See first two images below from Grok. These women did not do this on their own because there were no men & they wouldn't have used gas plows if they were available because old order Mennonites don't use them. There were Mennonite men under the age of 18 & over 45, but they were busy on their own farms taking up the slack from the 18-45 yr old men who we're drafted to CPS & this was a voluntary project to supplement the food for people in the county, done by choice by the women at a church. The Mennonite community wouldn't have taken or used food rations anyway, so I'm sure it was mostly done just to help other people. The blind horse part was just an embellishment added on. The hand plow was often used by Mennonites for gardens at this time by choice even when they had horses available. This is not to underscore these ladies work & sacrifice, but also not to create a false idea of what occurred. There is 0️⃣ evidence they didn't fence or wire it or that they slept in shifts with brooms to beat off rabbits & deer (but likely used odor repellents & planting barriers & fencing) & there is no evidence they worked from 6am to 9pm or canned 9,000 quarts of anything in the effort. There are no independent local histories to confirm any of the details added on by the internet, but these were sacrificial ladies who gave of their time to help out people who weren't part of their community and they deserve to be praised for their efforts, even though they would not want any of that praise. The men also deserve praise for all of the work they did to help win a war they wanted no part in & having to give up their families & livelihoods to do it, just like soldiers did, but while maintaining their principles of peace and non-resistance. 1700 Mennonites across the country felt that helping any part of the war effort was against their conscience & many were jailed throughout the war for holding to their principles. Amen.

July 1943. WWII. Rationing. Canned food went to troops. Fresh food barely made it to cities. USDA said: “Plant Victory Gardens. Feed yourselves.” In McPherson County, Kansas, the men were gone — drafted or working war plants in Wichita. Left behind: 42 widows, average age 67, all from German Mennonite families. Their kids called them the “Garden Grandmas.” Problem: no men to plow. No gas for tractors. County had 1 horse left — blind in one eye. So Grandma Hilda Penner, 71, organized them. They used push plows from 1890. Hooked 4 grandmas to a plow like oxen. Took turns. 6 AM to 9 PM. They broke 18 acres behind the church. Planted everything: potatoes, beans, cabbage, onions. No fences, so they slept in shifts with brooms to beat off rabbits and deer. They canned 9,000 quarts that fall. Ran a depot out of the church basement. Rule: take what you need, leave what you can. Nobody in the county went hungry in winter ’43. City folks from Wichita drove 60 miles with empty jars. The War Department sent a man to film them. He said “smile.” Hilda said: “We smile when the cellar’s full.” She was holding a plow, not a flag. They kept it up till 1945. Last jar was dated August 14 — V-J Day. Hilda wrote on it: “We won too.” #WWII #VictoryGardens #1943 #KansasHistory #HomeFront

@MargauxR15 @JamesHu27192912 And as much as we do, we still fall short. You can bet God richly blessed them.

@JamesHu27192912 We have a lot to live up to!

@JamesHu27192912 This made me cry ... nothing but pride and joy for those women and their unwavering sacrifice, their strength. Along with their men off to war, the very best of America. 🇺🇲

@MarineMSgt67 @CactusCreek @ReconJackUSMC @martyadcock845 @Hey_Marine_1775 @InsomniaHRmedia @UsmcDat @USMCBrickJM @Mike118598Usmc @USMCridgerunner @MichaelNix7314 TY.

@SpeakingOut59 @CactusCreek @ReconJackUSMC @martyadcock845 @Hey_Marine_1775 @InsomniaHRmedia @UsmcDat @USMCBrickJM @Mike118598Usmc @USMCridgerunner @MichaelNix7314 WHAT!!! So sorry for your loss 🙏🙏😎

Let’s do this X and show these awesome Veterans some support! @ReconJackUSMC @martyadcock845 @Hey_Marine_1775 @InsomniaHRmedia @6531_Marine @MarineMSgt67 @UsmcDat @USMCBrickJM @Mike118598Usmc @USMCridgerunner #SFMF

@KellogCreek @SJamess15 @sharkclc1 @gilbohouse @PapaGamer I admire your green thumb!

@SpeakingOut59 @SJamess15 @sharkclc1 @gilbohouse @PapaGamer Afternoon. I have carved into the lawn area to expand my garden. Just figuring out where to plant stuff.

Good Morning Happy Friday! ☂️🐢 #Wordle 1,770 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lucky 3! @KellogCreek @SJamess15 @sharkclc1 @gilbohouse @PapaGamer #Wordle1770

@PapaGamer LOL!

Nice try Fed.

@KellogCreek @SJamess15 @sharkclc1 @gilbohouse @PapaGamer Or is it early evening?

@KellogCreek @SJamess15 @sharkclc1 @gilbohouse @PapaGamer Love the (looks like) morning light on the garden.

@PitTalkPodcast1 My brother would have done that ... and giggled!

@SpeakingOut59 This one is funny and old

My #FridayVibes say that Marine Corps trauma is the worst kind 😂. #SFMF

Is this problem being worked on? @Support ?

@mattvanswol Not by any parent with a semblance of maturity and responsibility! "That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."

🚨WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!! A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT. "That's certainly something a child would see in their community..." ...SORRY, WHAT NOW?!!!!!!!

@MichaelNix7314 @CactusCreek @ReconJackUSMC @martyadcock845 @Hey_Marine_1775 @InsomniaHRmedia @MarineMSgt67 @UsmcDat @USMCBrickJM @Mike118598Usmc @USMCridgerunner ❤️Always. He's home. ✝️

@SpeakingOut59 @CactusCreek @ReconJackUSMC @martyadcock845 @Hey_Marine_1775 @InsomniaHRmedia @MarineMSgt67 @UsmcDat @USMCBrickJM @Mike118598Usmc @USMCridgerunner Thanks for the follow new friend. May your brother rest in peace!❤️🫡🇺🇸

Have a great Friday Patriots!! Remember Everyone Deployed 🙏🏻🇺🇸🫡❤️ MAGA MAHA 🤜🏼💥🤛🏻

Happy R.E.D Friday ya'll. Please take some time today to Remember Everyone Deployed. God Bless our troops and God Bless America 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤️🤍💙🙏

@RealHickory Mornin'! 🇺🇲 😎

Good morning America!🇺🇲 Have a great Friday!

@Chris__X__ Would we have found, or been told, about any of it without DJT? I think not. God Bless @POTUS.

The thought of how many tax dollars have been wasted over the years is truly sickening. It’s way more than I ever imagined. You always knew there was waste, but this much? 😳

@OG_Wick0 💯%

I'M SORRY BUT DONALD TRUMP IS A FAR STRONGER COMMANDER IN CHIEF THAN BIDEN OR OBAMA EVER WERE! DO YOU AGREE WITH ME?