' Glen Island Casino '...

As a youth, I lived on the Shore Road and would walk or ride my bicycle to Glen Island Park..

I would study this old beautiful building and wonder how it came into existence..

I knew that my father and mother would listen to Miller and his band and dance in this place until the War began..

I was born just after the War and continued to live in this area..

The record player would play these old records and once dropped, would break..

Glen was traveling to France to meet his band,

when Fate entered the stage..

An English bomber pilot dropped his unused bombs into the English Channel as was protocol..

Unfortunately, Glenn's plane was hit by one of these bombs..

This is the History, that you were never taught...


-thomas