benders celebrationJuly 4, 1945 celebration at the Bender’s.

The Benders had a hard scrabble farm in the country located between Saylorsburg and Brodheadsville in Pennsylvania. In the background (out of sight) is the highway between the two places).

Left to right: Pearl Bishop, Rufus Bishop, Samuel Grosch, Laura Grosch (sister of Mrs. Bender, Iva Krause (hiding again),
Mr. Bender, Mrs. Bender,Mrs. Bender’s mother ( I think a full-blooded Cherokee Indian).

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