West End Museum Honors Two Former Neighborhood Residents for Jewish American Heritage Month

In acknowledgment of May as Jewish American Heritage Month, the West End Museum honored two exceptional former residents of the neigborhood.

Born on May 30, 1920, in Boston, Manuel “Manny” Brown, now 100 years old, was a World War II veteran who landed on Utah beach in Normandy 76 years ago on D-Day. He is a decorated hero who received the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, French Medal and Bronze Star.

Brown grew up in the West End at a number of locations on the North Slope with his parents and two sisters.  As a child, he enjoyed his West End House community and fondly recalls sledding down (the then automobile-less) Beacon Hill. He played basketball, participated in the Thanksgiving Day Run, the Christmas Walk and numerous other West End House events.