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My Father Tells a Story About Beauty
Hayden Saunier shares a story of Christmas past, the power of compassion, and our capacity to heal. — My Father Tells a Story About Beauty It’s 1948. Girls are singing, wearing white, a chorus from...
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Not All is Lost: A Letter of Gratitude and Remembrance
Wolf, Simon, Bascha Mahler, Krosno, Poland, 1932 Warren Blumenfeld writes a letter to his Polish Great-Grandparents and reflects on his journey of being Jewish and gay. — Dear Great-Grandfather Wolf...
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My Father Buys a Ballroom in Shanghai, China, 1944
Lois Roma-Deeley shows how our parents can surprise us in this poem, which is a “war story” in every sense of the term. — My Father Buys a Ballroom in Shanghai, China, 1944 Did you ever kill anyone? I...
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Bloodlines
English poet Anne Lawrence Bradshaw reflects on her grandfather’s World War II service and its impact on her father. — Bloodlines My father taught me guns. Saturdays, stood in muddy English fields,...
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Science Behind Remarkable New Wall of Death Motorcycle World Record
How on Earth can a motorcycle ride around a vertical wall? Guy Martin stuns us as he completes this feat. ––– By Hugh Hunt The Wall of Death has been the most enigmatic dare-devil motorbike stunt for...
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My Father, the Reluctant Soldier
Dan Szczesny listens to his father tell a story of his time in WWII, and they both learn something. —- My father is being stubborn. Again. His laundry sits bunched in a corner. He hasn’t left his room...
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The Three Men You’ve Never Heard of Who Helped End WWII
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What I Learned from the Love Story of a Soldier and His Girl
Arianna Jeret shares 10 pearls of wisdom she found among her grandparents WWII love letters. — Veterans’ Day cannot go by without me thinking of my Grandpa Charlie. He was a sweet, quiet,...
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Lest We Never Forget: My Grandfather’s Holocaust Story
Tamar Shtrambrand’s grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust, and she will never forget that. ____ By Tamar Shtrambrand I was the last generation fortunate enough to have personally known...
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The Man in the High Castle: A Story That Hits Home
When the race relations portrayed in a book written more than 50 years ago are still all too familiar, it can be a wake-up call. — Books that deal with alternative histories may be one of the most...
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My Father Tells a Story About Beauty
Hayden Saunier shares a story of Christmas past, the power of compassion, and our capacity to heal. — My Father Tells a Story About Beauty It’s 1948. Girls are singing, wearing white, a chorus from...
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Not All is Lost: A Letter of Gratitude and Remembrance
Wolf, Simon, Bascha Mahler, Krosno, Poland, 1932 Warren Blumenfeld writes a letter to his Polish Great-Grandparents and reflects on his journey of being Jewish and gay. — Dear Great-Grandfather Wolf...
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My Father Buys a Ballroom in Shanghai, China, 1944
Lois Roma-Deeley shows how our parents can surprise us in this poem, which is a “war story” in every sense of the term. — My Father Buys a Ballroom in Shanghai, China, 1944 Did you ever kill anyone? I...
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Bloodlines
English poet Anne Lawrence Bradshaw reflects on her grandfather’s World War II service and its impact on her father. — Bloodlines My father taught me guns. Saturdays, stood in muddy English fields,...
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Science Behind Remarkable New Wall of Death Motorcycle World Record
How on Earth can a motorcycle ride around a vertical wall? Guy Martin stuns us as he completes this feat. ––– By Hugh Hunt The Wall of Death has been the most enigmatic dare-devil motorbike stunt for...
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The Three Men You’ve Never Heard of Who Helped End WWII
H/T Digg Originally Published on National Geographic/YouTube — Photo: National Geographic/YouTube The post The Three Men You’ve Never Heard of Who Helped End WWII appeared first on The Good Men...
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A Salute to Captain Arellano–A Tribute for Hispanic Heritage Month
— The first time I met the crusty old sea captain, he smiled broadly, offered his hand, and exclaimed, “Welcome aboard, son!” I call him ‘crusty’ because his nose was eaten off by skin cancer – too...
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My Father, the Reluctant Soldier
Dan Szczesny listens to his father tell a story of his time in WWII, and they both learn something. —- First published in 2016. My father is being stubborn. Again. His laundry sits bunched in a...
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What Was The Most Profound Change In 75 Years? A Son Asks His Father.
Ken Goldstein and his father discuss all the changes of the past 75 years to get at the one that mattered most. — Note: This post first ran on September 30, 2012. We are republishing it in honor of...
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The Real Price of Free-DUMB
— “Freedom is not free!” We hear this phrase tossed about by the political right quite often. As we enter this most patriotic of holidays, the 4th of July, I think it is important for us to drill...
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