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Lizden · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:25 am Post subject: OT: Maman on the 'Net!

So...this is just kinda cool.

Yesterday I posted a picture on FB of my mom in her French Army uniform.
Stephanie @ Voices saw it & asked whether I'd be willing to share her story for their blog sisnce it's Memorial Day weekend.

Why not!
So today, Maman is officially on the Interwebz!

I think it's kinda cool.
THIS is how I choose to remember her. Laugh

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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

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Very cool, Liz! It's too bad she wasn't inclined to talk about the past much as I'm sure her stories would have been fascinating.
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Lizden · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:34 am Post subject:

Yeah...my father was the same way. I tried and do have some information, and will be seeing my Aunt (a cousin of my Dad's) in Vienna at the end of June...you KNOW I'll be picking her brain!
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Fran McClellan · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:11 am Post subject:

What a wonderful and interesting history your mom had!! Very cool indeed!
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Scott Lyle · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:12 am Post subject:

Great article, Liz, and I hope you have a great trip too!
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Bruce · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:55 am Post subject:

There must be something about being Russian and the ability to learn so many languages, or maybe it was the free time people had back then with no electronic distractions. One of my great grandfathers came to the U.S. in the 1870s speaking 8 dialects of Russian, plus German, Polish and I'll have to look up what else again. He published small newspapers in those languages in Chicago back then so the immigrants could get their news.

Amazing people, those forbears.

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Lizden · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:35 am Post subject:

Yeah. My father always said that the farther EAST you were, you learned all the languages to the WEST of you.
HE spoke: English, French, Hungarian, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish & Slovak.
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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

More than kinda cool -- TOTALLY cool! Thanks for sharing, Liz... Smile

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Lee Gordon · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:41 pm Post subject:

The town my grandfather came from was, at various times in its history, part of Russia, Poland or Lithuania. So despite having just an 8th grade education, he could speak Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, German, English, and probably a few others. After he came to this country, I'm pretty sure he put them all to use at one time or another, dealing with customers of various backgrounds in his furniture store.
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