Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for December 06, 2013
December 05, 2013
December 07, 2013
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Aunt Fritzi: I emailed Nancy's teacher about it. She sent this: "It is in our curriculum, but we do not dwell on it. Much is changing in today's world, and we prefer our students study more current events." I can only speak for MY student! I want MY GIRL smart, with a STRONG sense of who she is as an AMERICAN! THAT.....Ultimately...is up to ME! It was way back in 1941...Your great-grandpa was in the navy! On the morning of December 7th....
Thank you Guy. Much like as I remember the Kennedy tragedy, my father could recall that Dec 7 in detail. He was drum major of the Redskin Marching band and as he told it, during that afternoon’s game the announcer started paging military officers with increasing frequency and urgency.
The only times in 50 years he was not on the field with the band at those games where when he served in the Marines. He was one of the fortunate ones to return from Iwo.