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The Princess and the Nerd – A Re-Post for Prom Season
The Princess and the Nerd – May 1963 – At the Ft. Hamilton High School Prom. Did you ever think about how you got to where you are? Everyone does at one time or another. How did I get … Continue reading
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Tagged 1963, Brooklyn, crossroads, family, life, marriage, prom, young love
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April 15, 1947 – The Day Jackie Robinson Came to Bat
Sixty nine years ago today the Brooklyn Dodgers broke the color line at Ebbets Field when Jackie Robinson took the field, playing first base. The door was opened and it was the beginning of the end of the Negro leagues. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, carlie simon, color line, Dodgers, Ebbets Field, integration, jackie robinson day, jackie robinson. baseball, race
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Mom Would Have Been 93
Mom, me with the glasses and my two brothers. The baby is already gone My mother Mary would have been 93 years old this week. She is gone longer than she was here – she will be gone 50 years on … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Brooklyn, devito, diabetes, epilepsy, family, forte, heart disease, lafragola, mother, orphanage, scarangello, story
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Our Fabulous Christmas Wedding!
An annual December repost Her high school graduation photo ….so I had just turned 21 and in basic training at Ft. Dix N. J. and she was 18, fresh out of high school the previous June (I took her to her Prom) … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, becoming adults, Brooklyn, Christmas, happiness, high school, opposition, parents, St. Bernadette's R.C. church, story, wedding, young love
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White Sands
before It wasn’t called White Sands even by those who lived there on dirt streets that dead ended north side of the creek. Houses where the eldest son never had his own room only a Castro Convertible to dream his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, big box parking lot, Brooklyn, bungalows, coney island creek, dirt streets, outskirts of coney island, poetry, poverty, White Sands, youth
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It’s Carlo Buti’s Birthday!
Carlo Buti – 11/14/02 – 11/16/63 Several years ago I received an email from my brother-in-law, who is several years older than me. “Remember tomorrow is Carlo Buti’s birthday! Proper celebrations should be made!” My reply was “How the hell do you know that?”. … Continue reading
