Last year, my sister passed away from cancer, but I can’t get over her passing. I am the eldest sibling, but she was the bridge that kept our family together. I spoke at her home going: A song by Beyonce says, “Take care of your Mother” and “Look out for Continue Reading
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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 07 – Landed
My daughter and I landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. My husband had accepted a job with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and arrived in January of that year. We had arrived in time to celebrate the Bicentennial Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Pennsylvania sponsored the Bicentennial Continue Reading
2021 – 52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 28 – Transportation
In 1943, at the age of 19, my father, James W. Chappelle, enlisted in the US Army. He initially became a clerk/typist and dispatch driver, but he wanted out of that role. So he tried to get in the fight. One year later, he became a trucker on the legendary Continue Reading