Week: 4 (Jan 19-25) What historical thing happened on the day that you or your ancestor was born?

LegacyUser · January 16, 2020

Week: 4 (Jan 19-25) What historical thing happened on the day that you or your ancestor was born? Or what were significant historical events during the year that they were born?

You might use this site, or another site like this to get some ideas:

https://www.onthisday.com/

Robert Givens · January 16, 2020

I was born the same day that the future Queen Elizabeth got married. We celebrated together. LOL

multiplesons1.5294187457446106E12 · January 16, 2020

My wedding reception was on 4th of July. So when my husband and I kissed, there really were fireworks!

LegacyUser · January 16, 2020

Now you have got that wrong. My birthday is the 3rd of July so the fireworks are for my birthday. People just buy so many of them that they are still using them for your anniversary.

multiplesons1.5294187457446106E12 · January 16, 2020

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LegacyUser · January 16, 2020

Do you realize that we are working a week ahead? I just posted this prompt early so that we have time to research and think about it. Of course, it doesn't really matter which prompt you write about. I am excited that others want to record memories!

Dennis J Yancey · January 17, 2020

MUSIC WHEN YOU WERE BORN

a related very cool excercise - is to take the year you were born - or the year your parents were born and see what the music was like in that time and place

here is cool site of a virtual jukebox for the decades past - click expand post

https://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/videojukebox.htm

There is a lot of stuff on the page -and you will need to use the scroll bars.

LegacyUser · January 21, 2020

I thought that I would check the newspapers for the date that my Great Grandparents were married. I looked at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov . I love this site, but I found that it was more difficult than I expected to find the exact date that I wanted. I was fascinated with some of the pages that showed clothing styles and I thought that this would be something that I would share about. Surely a couple in their early 20's would be concerned with fashion when they were getting married.

Instead, I remembered something that my great grandmother told me. I have some notes that I wrote in the early 80's when I interviewed her. My note said: Was old enough to vote when daughter was born. She probably actually said that she could vote soon after her daughter was born.

I now think that she didn't say old enough to vote. I just realized that she was talking about having the right to vote! How I wish that I had asked her if she was involved in the Suffragette movement.

Vote

https://womenvote.dced.pa.gov/ Great photos and historical information for Pennsylvania.

Researching the wedding date of my great grandparents gave me insight into their lives. I had not thought about how the Suffrage Fight had involved my ancestors.

Evening public ledger. [volume], October 29, 1915, Final, Image 20

About Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942

Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA