re: What's the closest you or a family member has been to a part of history?

My grandfather oversaw the building of the interstate road through our country as highway commissioner. Prior to that he was the county board chair that approved it. I read some of the machinations now and chuckle about how far ahead of their time he and his fellow politicians were.

My other grandfather trained with Easy Company during the war but mustered out due to them discovering a l hernia after a couple of jumps. He was extremely close to the few from his group who made it back.