Tag: history
group name: boomers
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June 05, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
The first week of June in 1968 started out much like any other week for a young teenage girl just out of school for the summer. I was (as I still am), very much into music and . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
I'm watching "JFK: Breaking the News," a fascinating documentary on WNET, one of the New York area's PBS stations, about the media coverage of the November, 1963 assassination of . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
I'm proud to be a Baby Boomer, because of all the historical implications my generation has had. Not the usual stuff about living through the Vietnam war and rock and roll and Kennedy and civil rights . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
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September 17, 2006 10:55 AM EDT --
One of my ongoing passions is pondering the passing of pop culture references. Baby boomers have lived through decades of new hip phrases -- for instance, the hip word for "good" has evolved . . . more
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September 24, 2006 03:02 PM EDT --
I grew up – like all baby boomers – during an era of radio when the Top 40 format was perfected during the first two decade of rock and roll, genres didn't divide up into separate formats. . . . more
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December 24, 2006 10:41 AM EST --
I posted this on Christmas Eve on the squeezebox newsgroup. It's all fiction except about the box coming from Alabama... and me owning the box..
It had been dark in that box for a long time.
I was . . . more
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July 24, 2007 07:32 PM EDT --
I, Catherine Huber, sit at table, pen in hand. In trepidation, we await the ever brewing battles we have rumour of. Simple farmers we are and have no need for war, but face it we . . . more
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August 31, 2007 06:43 PM EDT --
I never realized when I met her that she would become one of the most important people of my life. In fact, she seemed to think of herself . . . more
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July 28, 2007 12:39 AM EDT --
Gramma used to be able to purchase fresh butter from the ladies who lived in near by farms. When the Great Depression hit, butter was no longer available to her, as it was so expensive.
So, Gramma had . . . more
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September 25, 2006 06:37 AM EDT --
Years ago when I was working for a life insurance company I had a Sicilian girlfriend. Paula was very superstitious. She would tell me about evil spells and the effects upon their victims. I learned about . . . more
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January 22, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Do Monkeys Have Ear Wax?
by Marilyn Mackenzie
I mentioned early this morning in the Daily Whine & Shine - January 22, 2008 that my son and I had some long discussions on . . . more
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July 14, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Hello! I've recently started two new groups that may be of interest to quite a few here on Gather.
I've seen some very wonderful stories about familes, ancestors, and everyday life within our . . . more
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November 06, 2006 09:32 PM EST --
As a history fan, I have many research resources on hand with information year-by-year. My specialty was putting popular culture in its news/historical context, with each year's significant facts and . . . more
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October 11, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
These columns, about the search for my family roots and my father's hidden past, were originally written and posted online during October and November, 1998 on my Nikkeiview.com site. Because they're . . . more
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October 05, 2006 02:21 PM EDT --
Audrey Hepburn, one of the great, classic actresses of Hollywood of the '50s and '60s, may have died in 1993, but she's alive and well in American pop culture.
Her name, and the 1961 . . . more
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October 08, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
Authors' note: "The Toy Book" is a social history of baby boomer-era toys. This is an excerpt from "The Big Bang Theory" chapter, which starts out covering the cowboy craze of the . . . more
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October 22, 2007 10:49 AM EDT --
What Color is Your...Crayon???
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Coloring was always a big activity when I was a kid, both at home and at school. I remember the thrill of opening the supply . . . more
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September 10, 2006 10:29 PM EDT --
Note: I'm re-posting this to a couple of other groups. I feel it's especially worth discussion in light of North Korea's frightening entry into the age of nuclear warfare.
I recently finally . . . more
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November 06, 2006 09:17 PM EST --
Quick, think of the great music capitals of the U.S. -- New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Motown (that would be Detroit), Austin, Memphis if you believe Elvis is still alive and Seattle if you're a . . . more
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