The Greatest Generation: Birth Years, Characteristics, and History

By  Alison Ensign – June 13, 2020 https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/greatest-generation-years-characteristics My parents were members of the Greatest Generation. Dad (William Robert Thompson) was born January 12, 1920, and Mom (June Alice Shook) was born June 8, 1922. They were pen pals during WWII. They were introduced via June’s best friend, Irma. They got married shortly after Dad returned …

DRAGONS

Dragon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the legendary creature, not to be confused with the Komodo dragon, Draconian or Dragoon. For other uses see Dragon (disambiguation).Illustration of a winged, fire-breathing dragon by Friedrich Justin Bertuch from 1806Carved imperial Chinese dragons at Nine-Dragon Wall, Beihai Park, BeijingDragon-shaped bows on ships in Ystad, Sweden resembling Viking longships A dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many …

Tick, Tick… Boom!

I watched “Tick, Tick… Boom! 11/20/21. Transported back to 1990, I am reminded of all the suffering and death we experienced during the HIV pandemic. Once again cures were affected by politics. Same-sex partners could not marry or parent without stigma and confrontation and to add insult to injury AIDS-ravaged their already complicated lives. Unlike …