#Grandfather

Mark Forsdike

Mark_Forsdike

“Thank God for the atomic bomb” said one Suffolk Regiment veteran in 1995. Certainly my own grandfather agreed with that statement for as he once said to me ‘by the

Simon Batten

bloxbatts

On this day, 23/7/1916, @OldBloxhamist Captain Basil Benjamin Burgoyne Brooks (1st/4th Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry) was killed in action at Pozières on the Somme. He was 21 years old.

Jessica Olson | Black Lives Matter

Jltmolson

You cannot preserve culture, you can only live it. The act of living our culture carries it forward through time. I don't remember where and from whom I first heard

Yash

iSRKsYash_

A THREAD on Bauna Khan and his PR team who has been saving his lil ass over the decades1. He is a nepotism product. His grandfather launched him forcefully even

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

1. When my dad was growing up, the south Korean puppet regime did not recognize children born in Korea to Chinese fathers as Korean citizens. This was the ID that

Zach Segal 薛詩高

vancouver_segal

When I think of Canada Day, I’m always reminded of my grandfather. In the era he grew up in, Canada was far from a perfect place - especially for minorities,

Larry Middleton

l78lancer

Dear white conservatives Americans, particularly those from small red states:Stop saying that you're disenfranchised. YOU ARE NOT. DISENFRANCHISEMENT is when you are not permitted to register to vote, not permitted

Vikram

vikramshah1991

My paternal grandfather was a races man. They lived in a chawl in Chinchpokli in Central Bombay. He ran a small timber shop near Arthur Road Jail. The larger neighbourhood

Tamara Cherry

tamaracherry

A MESSAGE FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA — AND THE PUBLIC — ON HOW ONE COMMENT CAN MAKE A HOMICIDE SURVIVOR’S DAY ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT. Please read and share. (1/11)

Ruairí O'Hagan

Haganator

My grandfather, Owen McCarthy passed away at grand age of 95 this week. He was one of Ireland’s top referees in his day, refereeing the FAI Cup final in 1968

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

MukomaWaNgugi

I knew #JessicaKrug in Grad school as a granddaughter to an Algerian Jewish grandfather (circa 2006). Our circle of friends was so racially and ethnically diverse that our main concerns

Andrew Brandt

threatresearch

I've been following this story just so I could see what happened to this guy. I have a very personal story to tell about Camp Auschwitz.https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1349363525509111808 Growing up Jewish, you

Brenda Stolyar

BStoly

i’ve remained quiet on the topic of anti-semitism and the events that have occurred recently but i’ve also remained fairly quiet on being jewish and what that experience has been

Dave C

MrCheapSeats

Todays rabbit hole thread, courtesy of me announcing my 4x great grandfather had been gaoled for a month in 1842 for larceny. My old school buddy Si suggested his wife

josie ☀️

sociologicalbun

Ok I bought Casey Hammer's book and will start reading it tonight I don't like her writing lmao She's a horse girl, which i will excuse given the trauma she's

Iseult

iseult

My great grandmother Maud Gonne was English, the daughter of a Captain of the British Army. She adopted Ireland as her home country and was an activist for people's rights

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