#Grandfather

Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈

Mikeggibbs

Absolutely. My Grandfather was a participant & witness to this war crime as RCAF Lancaster Bomber Command crew. He was angry distortions from wartime propaganda became the way 'history' was

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

Names that I think should make a comeback: Mortimer, Eugene, Myrtle, Bruno One of 9yo’s middle names is Ernest after my grandfather and at the time I thought it was

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

My grandfather was a staunch Catholic for his entire life. He also beat up my grandmother, and when she finally left him in 1955 and wound up a divorced single

Norbert Musana

NorbertMusana

Its an absolute shame that @Cambridge_Uni is providing a platform to a genocide sympathiser. #JudiRever #Kwibuka27 Judi Rever’s claims of Akayesu’s innocence are typical of how these genocide scholars take

Gen Reynolds

nimish4fk

There was chaos in and around abids and sultan bazaar. Unverified Reports we’re coming in about burning of hindu homes within the city. People feared they’ll suffer the same fate

Mhambi Musonda

Mhambi_M

"BEING BLACK IN AMERICA"We can't go jogging. #AhmaudAubrey We can't sell CDs.We can't play loud music.We can't go and worship.We can't walk home with Skittles.We can't hold a New Years

Branden Hunter

JustCallmeBHunt

William D. Chappelle was @DaveChappelle’s great-grandfather. He was enslaved at birth in 1857 in South Carolina and went on to become educated and President of Allen University, a HBCU in

Orin Kerr

OrinKerr

1/ Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. In honor of this day, I'd like to tell you about the photograph below. It was taken in 1938,

Luiz Lemuz

luizlemuz

Trump bought Taj Atlantic City land from Philly's "Little Nicky" Scarfo family. Lawyer was Patrick McGahn, uncle of Don McGahn.Scarfo capo Jimmy "the Brute" Natale was @KellyannePolls Conway's grandfather.Don's BFF

Anoushka 🐞

itizntwatitznot

I get that every second man in your family joined the army and you're sure they're personally the good guys but that doesn't make the military a benevolent institution

davis 🐺🦊

basedkarbon

My grandfather passed away yesterday and I want to honor his memory by sharing some of the wonderful things he imparted on me that made me who I am:- an

Jaime Rivera

Jaime_Rivera

Today my mother has been hospitalized for COVID-19, all for doing her job as a hospital worker serving others. It breaks my heart to see her cry as she’s worried

pretty saro

spindlypete

who here has actually used a carpeted bathroom very weird to me how young everyone's family is. my mom was born in 1949. i am one generation removed from the

Andrea Bernstein

AndreaWNYC

OMG, Ivanka is telling a story about her son Joseph building a lego model of the White House. She told the same story about herself once, building a lego Trump

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Before I begin this thread, let me make it clear that I do not in any way blame Dominic Cummings or Dido Harding for their antecedents. What interests me is

Elisheva Avital

ElishevaAvital

Today is the 80th anniversary of #Kristallnacht. A personal story: My grandfather fought in WWII. He never spoke about it, so we didnt know much about his time in the