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My introduction into the world of Rally Racing at 12 years old, unofficially.

Tyler Cormier

World Rally Championships, Rally Cross, or just Rally Racing in general just oozes skill and determination when you start talking about motorsports. At 12 years old I was introduced, unofficially, into this world of on the edge of your seat racing. Now some people might think that's pretty impressive to be...

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In My Dreams

Tom Cormier

It was about 3 years ago in 2008 that I had a dream that my mother was dying. I don't know what put it into my head but it was as clear as day. Thankfully, she is alive and well today at 83 and I couldn't be more fortunate to have...

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My Great-Grandfather: Antoon Thiessens

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Antoon Thiessens, ca 1927 (age 79 years) Antoon Thiessens, the subject of this sketch, was born January 28, 1848 the fourth child by the second marriage of Hendrik Thiessen or Thiessens. Hendrik was a tailor by trade. His mother was Grietje Bulthuis, and he was born in the norther Dutch city...

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The Perfect Love Song

Tom Cormier

After the demise of our sign business in 1989 Christine, the boys and I were taken in by one of our clients and good friends, Robert Cyr, who was about to restore a 240 year old condemned farmhouse into a fabulous Victorian gingerbread Inn. It was just what we needed after...

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Grandfather Loy

Susan Darbro

My grandfather Loy was born September 16, 1884, the same year as future President Harry S. Truman and "modern" Italian artist Modigliani came along. It was the year Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn , a well-loved and hilarious American classic now under fire due to our national romance with...

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My beginning

Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

I grew up in rural Belleville in St. Clair County Illinois in an area known as Dutch Hollow. The kids were relatively safe and could go anywhere in the area and they knew if they misbehaved it would be dealt with then and there. We had a neighborhood tavern...

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The Creek

Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

When I was small I would go outside and play like any other kid so mom would tell me don’t go out of the yard. Now you have to understand that I lived on a little hill and there was a field that my dad would put a garden in...

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It Was All New and Improved

Millard Don Carriker

When “The War” ended in 1945 we had lived with shortages for four long years. We were ripe and ready for new things. Our factories had learned to mass-produce guns, planes, tanks, and trucks. Now with the war over they were “all dressed up with no place to go.” They needed...

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Jimmy Found His Place

Tom Cormier

With 10 kids it was impossible for my parents to give any of us much one on one personal time. Although many of could argue that there was definitely a "favorite" and also the "baby" and of course, the last little girl, all of whom received maybe just a "little" more...

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Just Boil It Down

Millard Don Carriker

I was much too young to be personally involved in this escapade but it is a story that was told and re-told many times around the table in later years at family get-togethers. Knowing my older brothers as I did I am convinced it is a true story. ******* ...

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Back to the Future – With Dad

Annie Payne

Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE Often I have been asked about which person in my life, now dead, would I like to spend an extra 24 hours with, and my answer is always the same – my Dad, Ken Wallace. I have always been told that I...

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Beginnings: Growing Up in Miss Annie's Household

Susan Darbro

My father was born February 8, 1913, the same year as future President Richard M. Nixon, French philosopher Albert Camus and English composer Benjamin Britten. Abolitionist Harriet Tubman died that year. Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated President of the United States. War was raging in the Balkans, and in the exotic, far-away...

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Every kid has a dream, mine was to own a dirtbike!

Tyler Cormier

It's funny how kids grow up. Some realize their potential and become President, others wind up in Jail. For some reason or another I fall just short of realizing my potential and thankfully I've never wound up in jail (and maybe sometime I'll divulge a few of my stories of "almost"...

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Bald Mountain

Rick Reed

Many summers while I was growing up, we took a summer vacation to the Adirondack mountains in New York to visit my grandparents (Grandpa and Grandma Reed). One of my favorite places to visit was Bald Mountain. It was always a great outing. The first part of the trail was mostly...

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The Reason Behind My Mother's Name That She Hated

Charles William Spratt

My mother was the tenth child and she too young to argue about her name that she grew up hating all of her life . When she introduced herself at school functions she used her middle name Ruth and all of the family used her nickname “ Sis “. It was...

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My Memories Of Grandma Beavers

Charles William Spratt

Millard “ Don “ Carriker and I are first cousins . He is also a member of Legacy Stories . Matter of fact he is the one that told me about this program . To my memory we have never met in person but a few years ago we met on...

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One of Many

Tom Cormier

It was the same plane that he crashed into the mountains killing his wife and dog..

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Oh Give Me Home Where The Buffalo Roam

Charles William Spratt

In July 1903 my Grandpa Spratt had finished his homestead time on 40 acres of land just south of Ft Smith Arkansas. By November 1907 Oklahoma was a new state and had new opportunities. My Grandpa was just an old poor farmer looking for a better life for his family of...

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The Most Challenging And Most Important Job I Ever Had

Charles William Spratt

The most important and most challenging job that I have attacked was bringing two families together in peace with my wife. I started in April 1988. My wife’s daughter was a strong spirited seven years old that her father had died with a heart attack suddenly three and half years prior...

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My Mother Vs My Grandmother

Charles William Spratt

All of my life my mother hasn’t liked her mother in law . My Mom and Dad got married and lived with my Dad’s folks for awhile after they were married . My Grandmother ( Her mother in law ) said something that didn’t set well with my mother and my...

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My introduction into the world of Rally Racing at 12 years old, unofficially.

In My Dreams

My Great-Grandfather: Antoon Thiessens

The Perfect Love Song

Grandfather Loy

My beginning

The Creek

It Was All New and Improved

Jimmy Found His Place

Just Boil It Down

Back to the Future – With Dad

Beginnings: Growing Up in Miss Annie's Household

Every kid has a dream, mine was to own a dirtbike!

Bald Mountain

The Reason Behind My Mother's Name That She Hated

My Memories Of Grandma Beavers

One of Many

Oh Give Me Home Where The Buffalo Roam

The Most Challenging And Most Important Job I Ever Had

My Mother Vs My Grandmother

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