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The Great War to the
Great Depression

1. "My what a funny looking contraption you got there," by Chris Walker and Eleanor Walker

2."He wasn't what they call a rum-runner," by Roland Largay and Katie Dean.

3. "Most everybody had their own gardens," by Jon Acorn and Elisabeth Dennet.

4. "It was a very bad beginning on Cape Cod," by Patricia Cubellis and Emilio Cubellis.

5. "Not exactly an `up' period," by Katie Sullivan and her grandmother

6. "Ample income was what kept the home together," by Linsey Garrant and Gertrude Young

7. "I can still remember everyone playing ball in the back lots," by Catherine Caughlin and Deanne Vidito


World War Two, Korea, and the start of the Cold War

8. "My family wouldn't be here had we found the Japanese," by Amanda Vaughan and James Walsh

9. "The most dangerous place to be," by Mike DeCoste and Howard Warmington

10. "I had the nickname, `Miss Irish,'" by Kathryn McCrae, and Marjorie Sullivan

11. "The boy who scared away the last two Germans," by Elia Coppola and Fran Coppola

12. "The worst years of my life," by Joseph Stefans and Kevin Thomas

13. "America, my enemy, my home," by John Apice and Angelo Boccalini

14. "The real heroes are the young men who died in battle, the young men we had to leave behind," by Charles A. MacGillivary and Siobhan Ward

15. "Cries and sobs confirmed for me what my eyes chose to avoid," by Thomas Gavin and Eduardo Calapiz

16. "We had no worries about our security," by Arthur Cox and Ryan Cox

17. "They called it Black Christmas," by Keveney Loane, and Jean Loane

18. "The Little German Boy just turned to me and smiled,'' by Cara Cappellini and Alfred Cappellini

19. "It was a secret plan that no one could talk about," by Kristin Symes and Robert Symes

20. "It was such a pretty place yet I was so scared," by Sean Sullivan and June Sullivan


The 1960's in the U.S.A.

21. "We wanted to make the world a better place for mankind," by Michelle Dean and John Dean

22. Living on "pins and needles," by Edward G. Riley and Ned Riley

23. "I came home... went out on the front lawn so I could see the missiles when they were launched," by Sean Patton and Stephen Patton

24. "He was taken from office," by Matt Betts and John Imbriano

25. "It was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop," by Linda delPino and Ronald delPino.

26. "Space exploration has some very good points," by William F. O'Connor and Emily O'Connor

27. "No one could believe it. We actually put a man on the Moon," by David Christianson and Robert Pike.

28. "When the Space program had advanced to an actual Moon Walk, many first members of my family had caught the `space bug,'" by Charity Pettepit and Mary Pettepit


The Vietnam War

29."I was treated like someone with the plague," by Gerald Cooper and Kevin Cooper

30. "We thought the boat would sink," by Philip Steele and Melissa Steele

31. "The Bubble gum captain," by Donald Fougere and Sue Fougere

32. "I really wasn't aware of what was going on until high school," by Keith Hopkins and Chris Hopkins

33. "What are they going to do, send us to 'Nam? We're already going," by Trevor Mahoney and Gerard Golden

34. "My draft board went to 126," by Jim Coyne and Chris Coyne

35. "Hell hath no fury," by Tia Finley and Cornelius Finley, Jr.

36. "All people should have the right to self-determination," by Brian O'Meara and William O'Meara

37. "Even though we were scared, we had to keep going..." by Erin McMenamy and John Ritchie.

38. "The longest, the most scary, and the most depressing years of my life," by Neil Conden and Chrissy Sullivan

39. "I was shocked and a little scared," by John Enos and Joan Enos

40. "I ran for all I was worth," by Chris Walters and Melissa Fitzwater.

41. "One of the most exciting things I ever saw," by Paul Cuddy and Jen Cuddy


Coming to America

42. "To America with Silver Spoons," by Katherine Manning and Heiti Manning

43. "Proud to be an American," by Colleen Sweeney
and John Sweeney

44. "Italy was the land my family and I loved," by Fred Casinelli and David Casinelli


The 70's, 80's, & 90's - The Cold War continues, domestic disasters, and war with Iraq

45. "What we did was strictly for defense," by Ray Magill and Lauren Magill

46. "We ran and ran and ran," by Sylvia Loran and Julia Loran

47. "You could barely walk out the door without walking into snow up to your knees," by Jen Cubellis and RoseMary Cubellis

48. "Everything just came tumbling down," by Robert Dawley and Jeff Dawley

49. "Wow, this must be what an earthquake is all about," by Linda Mayers and Kerin Mayers

50. "...the extent of damage and carnage...," by Dan Hale and Ronald Hale

51. "I don't regret going," by Erica Howland and Lee Ann Sipe