Celina resident Mary Lydia Kaup holds a military photograph she sent to her parents during the mid-1940s. She worked at a secret coding/decoding operation in Washington, D.C.

Mary Lydia Kaup of Celina feels a surge of patriotism each time she sees an American flag flapping in the breeze or hears "The Star Spangled Banner" playing before a televised sports event. There's even a "God Bless America" s . . .