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I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during this lunch!
As would we all…
IF YOU RECALL…:)…A FLY DOESN’T DO WELL HANGING AROUND THE ENERGIZER………….LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
So true!
Congratulations, Allison! President Obama looks great from any angle!
GA, TOD! December 7, 1942:
https://www.facebook.com/alycee.ruley/media_set?set=a.10206300046083810.1073741850.1346081293&type=3&pnref=story
Oh, drat, the photos didn’t show up…
Newspaper articles and pics of my Grandmother, Alice Virginia Robinson Nelson, who was the first Black woman on the east coast, and the second in the US, to launch a ship when she christened the SS Vincennes at the Sun Ship Dry Dock and Shipyard in Chester, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 1942.
The first Black woman in the US, was singer Marian Anderson, who christened the SS Booker T. Washington, the first Liberty ship named for an African American, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Wilmington, California, on September 29, 1942.
Wow, Jazziz2, such wonderful history!!! I love real history. It’s so special when it is from a TOD family member. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome. I’m a history buff also. Unfortunately, I’m having to reconstruct most of my maternal family history as documents, pictures, and the family Bible were destroyed in a 1959 house fire… I’m determined to gather as much as I can for the younger generations…
Being a family history buff, that is a massive loss. Only have 1 family Bible - it took that branch of our family back to the 1790s with one group coming from a parish where the church records were lost in a fire - so our only source.
Wonderful story about your grandmother - I read about our forebear’s lives and do give thanks for what they achieved for their descendants.
Wow — 1790’s! I’ve only been able to go back to the 1880’s… I’m going to keep digging…
Many good family records from England & Scotland (census and church info) - you should be able to use the US Census records to get back to 1790s if your folks were in the US at that time. I’ve found the different states in the US have maintained quite different records - some are much easier to research than others. My England/Scotland forebears are relatively easy to trace, Irish a disaster (my Irish forebears changed their stories every other month) & I have had very few finds in Europe or Africa.
So far, nothing prior to the 1880 census. Prior to 1863, I’ve no idea whether my ancestors were enslaved or free…
Keep searching :) - We had no idea whether our family arrived as convicts or free - found some of each.
I am so sorry the family Bible was lost. I am so fortunate that the family on my father’s mother’s side is well documented. We have had family reunions in Kansas-Oklahoma for over 50 years, now we also have one in Oregon every 3 years. This last year I did a family history on my mother’s immediate family with all names and addresses of all current cousins. It was fun but alot of work. I don’t know if I could do more yet. Good luck with your project.
Thanks for wishing me luck. This is a labor of love; the unfortunate thing is my Mom is the last of her generation,and as she was significantly younger than her siblings, she not only never knew her grandparents, she wasn’t curious when her parents & siblings were alive… Fortunately, during the last few years of my Aunt’s life, I started asking her lots of questions; this has greatly assisted my research.
This is so fascinating! Saw the actual photo on your FB post.
Me too. Glad I could see it there.
I saw that, Alycee. Thanks for sharing her history with us.
From the end of last:
Was having a not so great day; then the mail arrived…
GOT MY 2015 WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS CARD TODAY!!!!!
Did I mention that I LOVE my First Family!
BTW, I now feel much better!
Oh that’s fantastic! I hope I get mine soon.
I’m sure you will. This is the first time I’ve gotten mine in the first wave…
Thanks for the RFK quote! How timely.
This is so very true.
Let’s talk about the “good old days” - what “good old days”???
Thanks JER :-)
Oh, Jer, how I loved this man. If he were alive today, he and PBO would be close friends and confidants. RFK was such a visionary and had a deep understanding of our history and the divisive forces that try to keep this country from achieving its true potential.
So that racists jackass Donald Trump has call for a complete shut down of all Muslims coming into this country. Right wing haters want to claim President Obama is destroying this country, no it’s racists bigots like Trump, his supporters, the tea party, the extreme Republicans, and the so call christians.
A complete ban of all Muslims. When is the ban on all middle age anti-abortion white men.
Donald Nazi Trump, go away and take your stupid low life followers with you. I really dislike this piece of poop.
Today’s photo is a work of art-absolutely brilliant photography!
Totally agree JG.
So Trump wants to block all Muslims from entering the U.S. Does that include diplomats, U.S. citizens, visitors from all Muslim countries? How long will the media and GOP be silent about this Hitler wannabe?
How long will the media and GOP be silent about this Hitler wannabe?
Until December 2016
Wouldn’t we be safer if we blocked all GERMANS?
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All the chest-thumping coming from Republicans is based on an elevated assumption of the real threat posed by ISIS. But that’s what happens when the only card you have to play is fear. Behind all the bravado, their message makes America look weak and easily intimidated. President Obama isn’t buying into that for a minute.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ca/2015/12/assessing-strength-and-weakness.html
GE TOD.
Wow! There is No End to Trump’s Racist Behavior?
No GOP RNC Apparatus would stand up to denounce such Xenophobic Ugly and Dangerous Divisive Rhetoric.
Where would the DNC be without PBO? Even with POTUS’ tireless fundraising there are reports that the DNC is very low on funds.
Now?!?!, GOP is starting to rebuke Trump. Way too little. Way too late for me to believe them.
It is getting more difficult for me to see a good ending for our country.
I wonder what the content of a 90 minute chat between PBO and HRC was. That’s a lot of time for even the biggest “ask.”
Oil is less than $38 a barrel today. Anything under $70 per barrel threatens the traditional oil based economy. The oil glut keeps growing. It is amazing to me that this is not mentioned on the campaign trail.
The GOP owns Trump and all the vile poison he spits out. That makes the GOP the same as him.
Malarkey.
Sounds like something that our Bob has been saying for quite awhile…
THIS IS NOTHING NEW AND HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS…OF COURSE THE SAUDIS BACK TERRORISM…NOTHING NEW HERE!
THE FANS ARE SCREAMING FOR HIM RIGHT NOW…SOUNDS LIKE THE ROMAN ARENA IN THERE…TRUMP FANS LOVE DIRT! HE’S VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW KNOCKING PBO AND ALL THAT HE STANDS FOR……………..INDEPENDENT VOTE INDEED…AND MEET SCRAPS FOR THE BUZZARDS!
NO PHOTOS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BALL?
IT’S PRETTY BAD! ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS A SEWER CAP!
This guy and Pam G. were constant guests for CNN and Fox for years. Today, Fox have them on from what I have read lately.
This is how the media enables people like Trump. The LIBERAL media. Note how quick they are to characterize his cowardly and inciteful behavior in positive terms…”like a boss.” As if it’s a damn game.
And notice how the same LIBERAL media would NEVER use those words to describe ANYTHING that PBO does - even things he has been doing “like a boss” for the past seven years.
Too late, Arianna
MSNBC is still carrying Trump’s speech.
The Donald has pre-empted Tweety’s entire show. Nope—now here is Chris Matthews with 6 minutes left for his show.
This, from a channel that refused to carry POTUS announcing the ACA enrollment numbers.
This from one of Trump’s apologists?
His tweet sounds apologetic.
This guy is a total joke so are Chuck Todd, JoScar, Fox and the US News Media.
Fact ….
Test
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/07/a-tweet-or-two-339/