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May 28, 2004
Memorial Day weekend - it's the kick off for the summer season
and a time for gathering with friends and families. Lots of cookouts,
picnics and food. Camping, boating and festivities. A time for making
some good new memories.
It's also a time of remembrance. The history of the Memorial Day holiday
in the US goes back to just after the Civil War when graves were visited
and decorated to remember the fallen soldiers. The
History Channel provides some good background.
As we remember our Armed Forces who've served and made the ultimate sacrifice
it's important to reimember our living veterans. There's an ongoing effort
to preserve their stores through the Veterans
History Project, directed by the American Folklife Center of
the Library of Congress.
The USO of Metropolitan New York is also making it possible for
many seafaring troops to preserver their stories during Fleet Week (May
26 to June 2). 12 ships and over 4000 sailors and marines are coming to
New York during this time and a number of personal historians are participating
in the USO Video Story Project. You can get more information at
the Our
Living Tree web site.
I wish each of you a safe and memorable holiday.
May 17, 2004
May is Personal History Awareness Month, recognized as such by
the Association of Personal Historians. You can learn more about
the APH, currently featured on the Highlight
Site page of this web site. Plus, there is a short survey - I'd be
honored if you filled it out and in return I will give you a special offer
to write a short special memory, a mini-memoir of sorts,
at a limited-time reduced price. Why not get started on your life story
this way?
[editor's note: the survey is done and the offer
over...but you can always drop me an email for other personal history
services.]
May 14, 2004
We've all been troubled by the tragic ongoing violence in Iraq. Human
rights abuses are always wrong. So, it's regretable to hear of prisoner
abuses. It's also so wrong for retaliation, especially against an innocent
person like Nick Berg, the American contractor who was executed on videotape.
I was moved reading about Mr. Berg's life story events as recounted by
friends. You should read about his "undying spirit" at this
Washington Post article.
May 9, 2004
Happy Mother's Day! For those of you for whom we have this day,
remember you don't have to be "supermom", but you are super.
A nice article about passing on some life lessons through baking can be
found at the Living the Solution site: Big
Mama.
May 7, 2004
National Nursing Home Week will begin on Mother's Day, May 9 and
continue through May 15, 2004. AHCA
(American Health Care Association) established the week-long celebration
in 1967.
There is
a wealth of history waiting to be told by many of the people currently
living in these assisted care facilities. This year's theme, "Embracing
Our Heritage," calls on patients, family members, caregivers,
and volunteers to reflect on the past and to contemplate the future by
participating in special group activities. It certainly fits with our
theme that "everybody has a story".
May 5, 2004
Cinco de Mayo - NOT Mexican Independence Day (it was Mexico's victory
over a rebel Mexican army and the French). Gee, for many years I was under
the mistaken impression it was! Just goes to show that our understanding
of history can be mistaken. However, the only mistake you can make with
your personal history is to not preserve it. May is Personal
History Awareness Month, as noted by the APH
(yes, I'm a member).
Have you
checked out the new article, Memories
for the Merry Month of May?
"We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the
path which has led to the present."
- Adlai Stevenson
May 3, 2004
I discovered
at the FamilyFirst.com
web site that a recent featured site is the amazing Lives,
A Biography resource.
They describe their site as "Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies,
memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. Individual
lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous". Unfortunately,
they also state they are currently unable to update, but the content/links
they have will stay. This means you'll get some "bad/dead" links.
(I was quite interested in the Annie Oakley link for my ongoing research
for my great-grandfather's biography - Fred Gilbert was a contemporary
and friend and champion trap shooter - but unfortunately that link no
longer works). The good news, for those who find
amillionlives useful, is that it is in redevelopment. They
only post on biographies for people who've died, but definitely worth
a look. A brand new and improved Lives, the Biography Resource,
should be online in late 2004. In the meantime, check
out many interesting biographies.
Everybody has a story to tell!
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