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Auggie

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5. My one grandfather loathed FDR

Reply to empedocles (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 7, 2021, 10:07 AM

Dec 2021

Only family member (in the 30s & 40s) out of about 10 to do so. Everyone else were stanch Dems. The arguments over the weekly family dinners every Friday could be fierce, according to my mother. Wish I could go back in time to hear them.

My other grandfather liked FDR.

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My one grandfather loathed FDR Auggie Dec 2021 #5

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