Tag: Band of Brothers

• A Line of Birthdays

  I am not certain that we celebrated all together very many times. Papaw Freddy’s older brother, Horace was born on the 21st, the day after mine. So literally once I arrived the line got even longer. It was me then Horace, his grandsons, and then his daughter in laws. That is four Alsman Birthdays in…

  Garnetjewel

  January 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Band of Brothers, birthdays, books, Family, fiction, Grandpa, grandparents, Happy Birthday, Hilltop Restaurant, history, line of birthdays, meals, memories, Spencer, WW2

• Today is Veterans Day!

  Earlier I watched an interview with Gary Sinise. The movie Forrest Gump is a rated R movie so my parents had the movie, but they kept it up out of our hands. This movie has always been an emotional, thought-provoking and poignant, American classic. Tom Hanks was initially my favorite actor of the movie through…

  Garnetjewel

  November 11, 2023

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  American classic, Band of Brothers, Forrest Gump, thank you, Veterans Day, WW2