Tuesday, March 31, 2009

In Class - Family Story

I like to brag about my grandpa.  Although, he is never really brought up at family get-togethers, his history is interesting to me.  He was the mayor of a town called Richfield in North Carolina.  He is the owner of the Carolinas Aviation Museum (http://www.carolinasaviation.org/), has an enormous house, including a two story garage.  In his garage he has an old ambulance from a war (I know, it's funny I don't know which war) that is army green and has real bullet holes in it.  He always drives it for the 4th of July parade.  His house is just as much a museum as one you would go to and pay to see artifacts.  He has autographs of pilots, including a picture of the Enola Gay (plane that dropped the first a-bomb on Japan) with the pilots signature.  He has an old scuba diver helmet (the huge metal helmet).  I loved history in high school, I think that is why I find my grandpa and his history so fascinating. 

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