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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToday, 11-13-13,
is the 100th Anniversary of my father's birth, one of The Greatest.
Miss him.
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Today, 11-13-13, (Original Post)
elleng
Nov 2013
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)1. 100th Anniversary!
I know you miss him, my dear elleng...
elleng
(130,895 posts)2. Yes, 100 years ago,
and trying to imagine New York City, where he was born, lived and worked, 100 years ago.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)3. It was an entirely different world! No cars. Horses everywhere...
I can scarcely imagine what it must have been like...
elleng
(130,895 posts)4. What the Greatest Generation lived through
is VERY difficult for me to imagine, CalPeg.
He talked about following the ice truck down the street, among other such.
NJCher
(35,662 posts)5. Here's to great pops
To yours and to mine.
Cher