Bill Lee

Well, listen, welcome to my little adobe. Thank you.

Well, listen, welcome to my little adobe. Thank you.

Well, it's like Eva Peron. When she was dying, they said, what's your greatest wish? And she said, I want to be remembered. I want to be remembered. That's the reason I'm putting a stone over in this cemetery over here. It is, we all want to be remembered, for goodness sake.

Well, it's like Eva Peron. When she was dying, they said, what's your greatest wish? And she said, I want to be remembered. I want to be remembered. That's the reason I'm putting a stone over in this cemetery over here. It is, we all want to be remembered, for goodness sake.

Well, I lead tours in Normandy.

Well, I lead tours in Normandy.

Yeah, I got a touring company. I am pleased that your children are interested in World War II. They are very interested in World War II. Well, that's fantastic.

Yeah, I got a touring company. I am pleased that your children are interested in World War II. They are very interested in World War II. Well, that's fantastic.

We'd just go walking in the woods, and we parked somewhere around there, and I thought it was just a forest, just a wooded area over there.

We'd just go walking in the woods, and we parked somewhere around there, and I thought it was just a forest, just a wooded area over there.

he was so small and he couldn't walk i had to put him up on my neck we just started walking and all of a sudden i looked down and there was a headstone i said wait a minute what's what is this and all of a sudden i walked a bit further and i started looking all around and there were scores of headstones over a sprawling area. I said, this is a big cemetery.

he was so small and he couldn't walk i had to put him up on my neck we just started walking and all of a sudden i looked down and there was a headstone i said wait a minute what's what is this and all of a sudden i walked a bit further and i started looking all around and there were scores of headstones over a sprawling area. I said, this is a big cemetery.

It was like a forest. And there was not a lot of underbrush because those tree canopies kept that sunlight. from the ground. I could see the whole cemetery. See all those markers out there. Scores of them. Well, what do they say? 7,000 bodies out there? Or more.

It was like a forest. And there was not a lot of underbrush because those tree canopies kept that sunlight. from the ground. I could see the whole cemetery. See all those markers out there. Scores of them. Well, what do they say? 7,000 bodies out there? Or more.

I said, I want to be able to tell people, yes, that's a cemetery out there. And yes, there were markers. And here's the evidence of it right here. Because I knew that, first of all, I said, I can't take them all. If I could, I would have taken them all. But I said, I can take one. I can do that. So this is the one I'm going to take right here. And I just wanted to save it for posterity.

I said, I want to be able to tell people, yes, that's a cemetery out there. And yes, there were markers. And here's the evidence of it right here. Because I knew that, first of all, I said, I can't take them all. If I could, I would have taken them all. But I said, I can take one. I can do that. So this is the one I'm going to take right here. And I just wanted to save it for posterity.

To say, yeah, hey, you say there's no cemetery, there were no markers. Well, here's one right here. I got evidence of it, for goodness sake.

To say, yeah, hey, you say there's no cemetery, there were no markers. Well, here's one right here. I got evidence of it, for goodness sake.

I say people that don't appreciate and enjoy history, I say, well, we'll relegate them to the dead soul society. You can't explain it to them. They just don't, you know, and I don't try to explain it, but it's a fascinating thing.

I say people that don't appreciate and enjoy history, I say, well, we'll relegate them to the dead soul society. You can't explain it to them. They just don't, you know, and I don't try to explain it, but it's a fascinating thing.

I knew that the old asylum was there because I've talked to friends that are a little older than I am that remember the asylum. I remember one of my friends, I never will forget, he would walk past it a lot of times at night. and hear those poor souls. I remember that expression he used, I could hear those poor souls wailing in the asylum.

I knew that the old asylum was there because I've talked to friends that are a little older than I am that remember the asylum. I remember one of my friends, I never will forget, he would walk past it a lot of times at night. and hear those poor souls. I remember that expression he used, I could hear those poor souls wailing in the asylum.