CANTON, Mass. — Strangers from across New England and the globe are penning their birthday wishes to Howard Hanson, a lifetime Canton resident and World War II veteran who turns 100 this weekend.

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The birthday card Pat DeReamer and Mary Kroger have been exchanging since 1944, shown in 2002. Photo / Courtesy of Don Kroger via The Washington Post “The joke is that neither one of us knows ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A care home is asking the community to send 103 birthday cards. The Goldbridge Bupa Care Home, in Haywards Heath, wants to make the 103rd ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A CUMBRIAN care home is appealing for birthday cards for a resident who is turning 100. Joan Alice Jenkins, who lives at HC-One's Winters ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Two best friends who met in the 1940s have exchanged the same birthday card every year for the last 80 years. Pat DeReamer, who just turned 95, and Mary Kroger, who is turning 95 ...

Gaston Pettigrew, who served during WWII's Battle of the Atlantic, was hoping to receive 100 birthday cards in time for his 100th birthday on April 11. He received more than 1,700, which are now ...