Rochester Media Acknowledges World War I Social Media Day by Honoring the Horse Named Tess

A century ago - on April 6, 1917 - the United States entered World War I. Today, in towns across the nation, memorials stand in honor of local men who served in the conflict. American Legion posts, like the Homer Wing post in Rochester, bear the names of some of those who gave their lives. But there is one Rochester hero of World War I who has no granite monument to commemorate service during the war. Her name was Tess. The Parke-Davis Company, a prominent Detroit pharmaceutical firm, … [Read more...]