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Month: January, 2009

Telegrams from Leo - Shannon

15 January, 2009 (10:07) | Random | No comments

My grandfather Leo kept up a one-sided correspondence with various American presidents throughout his lifetime and today I found this telegram he had sent May 29, 1962. If you cannot read the copy: it is addressed to “President J.F. Kennedy” and in it he wrote: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WITH THE NEW FRONTIER HAVING [...]

Egypt - Shannon

11 January, 2009 (12:06) | Travel | 1 comment

We traveled to Egypt just after Christmas this year. It would likely take a lifetime to really absorb and learn from everything we saw and experienced while there but the first thing we noticed coming in to Cairo from the airport was the sheer size of the city – 22 million people live there and [...]