Comments on: Your Grandparents Know More Than the Internet… http://www.trippingthemuse.com/archives/your-grandparents-know-more-than-the-internet Writing Tips and More for the Aspiring Writer Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick http://www.trippingthemuse.com/archives/your-grandparents-know-more-than-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-295 Rick Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:42:24 +0000 http://www.trippingthemuse.com/?p=137#comment-295 I love Newburyport, Gillian. Agave is a favorite restaurant of mine. Isn't it humbling to sit down and talk to someone who was at an historic event such as D-Day. That's a true hero right there. Rick I love Newburyport, Gillian. Agave is a favorite restaurant of mine. Isn’t it humbling to sit down and talk to someone who was at an historic event such as D-Day. That’s a true hero right there.

Rick

]]> By: Gillian Swart http://www.trippingthemuse.com/archives/your-grandparents-know-more-than-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-294 Gillian Swart Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:38:56 +0000 http://www.trippingthemuse.com/?p=137#comment-294 Could not agree with you more. In the last couple of weeks I've spoken to a 94-year-old who has lived in Newburyport all his life and who told me more than any newspaper archive could have, and an 83-year-old ex-Army Ranger who was at D-Day. The latter REALLY told me more than any history book or newspaper archive could have (and in a more interesting way, I might add) - the service of the Rangers in WWII has largely been ignored. Gillian Could not agree with you more. In the last couple of weeks I’ve spoken to a 94-year-old who has lived in Newburyport all his life and who told me more than any newspaper archive could have, and an 83-year-old ex-Army Ranger who was at D-Day. The latter REALLY told me more than any history book or newspaper archive could have (and in a more interesting way, I might add) – the service of the Rangers in WWII has largely been ignored.

Gillian

]]> By: Rick http://www.trippingthemuse.com/archives/your-grandparents-know-more-than-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-279 Rick Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:02:31 +0000 http://www.trippingthemuse.com/?p=137#comment-279 It's a shame the stories we lose when someone passes or is unable to talk about it. There are so many questions I would ask family members who are no longer with us if I had the chance. It’s a shame the stories we lose when someone passes or is unable to talk about it. There are so many questions I would ask family members who are no longer with us if I had the chance.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.trippingthemuse.com/archives/your-grandparents-know-more-than-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-276 Laurie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:55:35 +0000 http://www.trippingthemuse.com/?p=137#comment-276 You are so right. It reminds me of the phrase:You had to be there. Can you imagine hearing what it was like to be in New York on 911 by someone who was actually there? I can't believe that researching something like that without a primary source would even compare. There was a guy that I use to know that was a soldier in Vietnam. He was one of the soldiers that fought on Hamburger Hill. He couldn't even talk about that. But if he could....could you even imagine what that might be like? You are so right. It reminds me of the phrase:You had to be there.
Can you imagine hearing what it was like to be in New York on 911 by someone who was actually there? I can’t believe that researching something like that without a primary source would even compare. There was a guy that I use to know that was a soldier in Vietnam. He was one of the soldiers that fought on Hamburger Hill. He couldn’t even talk about that. But if he could….could you even imagine what that might be like?

]]>