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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:16 pm to fr33manator
Francis Scott Key married into my wife's family
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:16 pm to OWLFAN86
My Grandfather was a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff (Selma, AL.) in the 60's. Stood behind George Wallace on the steps at the University of Alabama during segregation and also was in downtown Selma during the bridge crossing march from Selma to Montgomery 1965. I still have both of his batons. I'm sure they could say a lot if they could speak.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:18 pm to OWLFAN86
Finding Bin Laden.
Edit: Found Bin Laden
Edit: Found Bin Laden
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:19 pm to OWLFAN86
I was there when South Carolina beat Tennessee 63-38
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:19 pm to chili pup
quote:theyd get banned pretty quickly
I still have both of his batons. I'm sure they could say a lot if they could speak.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:21 pm to jimlsu1
I also worked occasionally with Hal Yeager , brother of Chuck Yeager first to break the speed of sound.
Hal was a great instrument engineer
Hal was a great instrument engineer
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:22 pm to OWLFAN86
My Great, Great, Great Uncle was Colonel James Doolittle, that led the Doolittle Raid, the first American bombing of Japan in WWII. He was my grandmother’s great uncle, so I believe that’s my relation to him.
Also found out that my pledge brother is also related to James Doolittle in this way and we were actually third cousins, so that was pretty cool.
Also according to our family lore (don’t have that last name anymore), but all of the Doolittles are descended from William the Conquerer and were a bastard clan of his that got together after his death.
Also found out that my pledge brother is also related to James Doolittle in this way and we were actually third cousins, so that was pretty cool.
Also according to our family lore (don’t have that last name anymore), but all of the Doolittles are descended from William the Conquerer and were a bastard clan of his that got together after his death.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:22 pm to OWLFAN86
I attended a Braves/Expos game in the Expos' final season. I have family in Atlanta and was there during the summer.
Forgot the final score but the Expos kicked their arse bad.
Forgot the final score but the Expos kicked their arse bad.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:22 pm to OWLFAN86
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theyd get banned pretty quickly
The bigger one has lead poured down the center of it to the handle. Much heavier. I'll show a pic in a minute.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:25 pm to OWLFAN86
My grandfather and my dad were on the Andre Doria the trip before it sank.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:25 pm to OWLFAN86
A relative on my mother’s side was in the hallway when Huey Long was shot. John B Fournet, chief justice.
My grandfather was also at the base of Suribachi and in the same regiment as the flag raisers on Iwo Jima
My grandfather was also at the base of Suribachi and in the same regiment as the flag raisers on Iwo Jima
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:26 pm to OWLFAN86
Signer of the US Constitution
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:27 pm to OWLFAN86
My parents and I stood in line to vote in the first post-Apartheid election in South Africa. I wasn’t allowed to vote because I was 4 years old.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:31 pm to OWLFAN86
Well...
Uncle Flavious was a Gunners Mate 3rd Class abord the USS Nevada (forward turret 14" main guns) and lost his life at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. I'm sure all the family would have preferred him not to have been a part of that, but it is what it is. He had just turned 20 in October of that year. Name for the record was Flavious B. Martin Johnson.
Apart from that, the closest we ever got to something historical as a family was being in the fourth car to cross the New River Gorge bridge in West Virginia when it opened for traffic. That was pretty cool for sure.
Nothing particularly outstanding here though.
Uncle Flavious was a Gunners Mate 3rd Class abord the USS Nevada (forward turret 14" main guns) and lost his life at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. I'm sure all the family would have preferred him not to have been a part of that, but it is what it is. He had just turned 20 in October of that year. Name for the record was Flavious B. Martin Johnson.
Apart from that, the closest we ever got to something historical as a family was being in the fourth car to cross the New River Gorge bridge in West Virginia when it opened for traffic. That was pretty cool for sure.
Nothing particularly outstanding here though.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:33 pm to DarkDrifter
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One of my wife's descendants was burned at the stake in Salem ...
I think….er, hope, you mean ancestor
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:34 pm to terriblegreen
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I was in Iraq
Did you get any confirmed kills?
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:34 pm to OWLFAN86
My 11x great grandfather was a founding father of the Quakers.
Richard Nixon is also descended from said great-grandfather, who’s the first president to resign from office.
Richard Nixon is also descended from said great-grandfather, who’s the first president to resign from office.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:35 pm to OWLFAN86
I’m related to this handsome failure
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:37 pm to OWLFAN86
Grandfather was in the air force. He served in both 1 & 2, which is all he told us but later found out far more, had a hand written letter thanking him for his service from LeMay at retirement. He died in 2020 and the family received a letter at his funeral from Welsh or Goldfien, I can't remember.
A few retirees were at his service and the whole family had no idea how involved my grandfather was while enlisted. He was an incredibly humble man that wanted nothing more than to serve his country and return back home to his life and continue on. He wanted nothing from his country while giving everything.
Proceeded to have 9 children, 22 grandchildren (including myself), and one great grandchild just before he passed. The only funny thing that he requested after retiring from service and taking over the family farm operation was if he could provide the turkey to the President for Thanksgiving. He and my grandmother provided (without doxxing myself) a President in the 60s or 70s the White House turkey.
His father, my great grandfather turned his glass plant into a bullet manufacturer line in either 16 or 17 and then again during WW2 somewhere in the 40s. His Detroit auto plant was a part of the Ford bomber assembly line. They were incredible Americans and the sad reality is everything they gave has laid the foundation for what is happening today. I am grateful to have been in his presence and even more thankful to have been under his wing. He shaped me into a strong American that will always stand up for what is right and just.
A few retirees were at his service and the whole family had no idea how involved my grandfather was while enlisted. He was an incredibly humble man that wanted nothing more than to serve his country and return back home to his life and continue on. He wanted nothing from his country while giving everything.
Proceeded to have 9 children, 22 grandchildren (including myself), and one great grandchild just before he passed. The only funny thing that he requested after retiring from service and taking over the family farm operation was if he could provide the turkey to the President for Thanksgiving. He and my grandmother provided (without doxxing myself) a President in the 60s or 70s the White House turkey.
His father, my great grandfather turned his glass plant into a bullet manufacturer line in either 16 or 17 and then again during WW2 somewhere in the 40s. His Detroit auto plant was a part of the Ford bomber assembly line. They were incredible Americans and the sad reality is everything they gave has laid the foundation for what is happening today. I am grateful to have been in his presence and even more thankful to have been under his wing. He shaped me into a strong American that will always stand up for what is right and just.
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