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Tag Archives: 1950s
Kansas City … and All that Jazz
This morning I was listening to Blues singer Etta James singing Trust in Me and my years in Kansas City come alive. Moving to Kansas City in the mid-1950s was a real eye-opener for a … Continue reading
Posted in General, Kansas City, Memories, Moving, music
Tagged 1950s, Army, daughters, Jazz, Jazz Clubs, Kansas City, Kansas City Blues, Texas, The Blue Room
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December 7, 1941, a date which lives in infamy … and tears flowed all over America
Pearl Harbor — President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed December 7, 1941, “A date which will live in infamy.” It has been 74 years since that vicious attack. It was one of those times in our lives where … Continue reading
Posted in America, General, God
Tagged 1941, 1950s, 2001, a date which will live in infamy, American soil, Camelot, December 7, Kennedy, Korean War, Pearl Harbor, political correctness, prayer, Roosevelt, Sept. 11, tears, television, Vietnam War, war, warriors
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Time Capsule — Buses, Streetcars, and Hot Peanuts
Remembering a special time in 1951. Bill and I married January 7, 1955. We would have been married 60 years if he had lived. Precious memories. I posted this picture on Facebook to commemorate a treasured day in my life—and … Continue reading
Posted in General, Time Capsule
Tagged 1950s, 1951, Adamson High School, buses, Dallas, downtown Dallas, Elm Street, football jackets, Great Depression, hot roaster peanuts, last generation of innocence, letter jackets, Majestic Theater, movies, Oak Cliff, Palace Theater, Planters Peanut Store, Rialto Theater, streetcars, Texas, touch football, Tower Theater, World War II
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Betty Kerss Groezinger 