Bravo for you Jim!! : ) Jim Guest wrote: > DMonkres@aol.com wrote: > > > I just checked, and Duane's email address is DMonkres@aol.com > > Thanks for the promo! Duane > > ============= > > Duane, > > Just a Note...Yesterday being Vets Day we put our flag out as usual, > but this time it was a little different. > > I printed out the piece about the WWII years in Duncan. I then drew > a map showing the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, and most of > Europe and North Africa.. > > I colored in red the area occupied by Germany prior to D-Day on > June 6, 1944. I then went to the store and rented the movie, Saving > Private Ryan. My purpose was to try to give my teen-age grandkids > some feel of what it was like living in the 1940's. > > When they came in from school I told them I had something planned > to begin at 6PM, so they needed to get their homework done and over > with. > > At 6PM we sat at the kitchen table and I got out the map I had drawn > and gave them a very brief overview of Germany's invasion of Poland > in 1939, then the occupation of the other countries up until 1944. > > I pointed out the island of England as the last place the Germans had > not occupied, and the location of the English Channel, and the coast of > France. I explained who the Allies were, and who the Axis were, and > how the supplies and equipment had been stockpiled in southern England > to get ready to cross the English Channel and to face the Germans on the > coast of France. > > We then started the movie and I pointed out that the cemetery in the > opening sceen is a real one that exits today on the coast of France, > and that the water in the background was the English Channel. > > They sat glued to the movie for almost three hours. The other only > comment I made during the movie was to pay attention to the small > banner in the window with the stars on it and I would tell them something > about it after the movie. > > When the movie was over, they sat in dead silence for a few minutes. > I then asked my 14 year old grandaughter to read the account of how it > was in Duncan in the 1940s, and told them that's how it was in every > small town in the United States back then. > > As she read about the banner with the stars on it in the window, I > detected that something was sinking in. They were getting a glimpse > of the lives and times of us "old people" they had not had before. > I hope this is something they will remember as they become "old > people" themselves. > > Jim in Texas > > ==== OKSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/stephens.htm > You Know You're Addicted to Genealogy if.... > you hyperventilate at the sight of an old cemetery. > Sheri Hammons Stephens County Coordinator; <mailto:hammons@shertech.net> > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi