When I Served in the Army
By Howard Steiner, October 10, 2019 — Now I’m going to tell you about my first day in the army. The first day I had to go down to the induction center. Subways at the time took “tokens” that cost … Continued
By Howard Steiner, October 10, 2019 — Now I’m going to tell you about my first day in the army. The first day I had to go down to the induction center. Subways at the time took “tokens” that cost … Continued
By Howard Steiner, October 10, 2019 — My mother came from Latvia, a Baltic country. She came to America on a boat with her mother, father, three brothers, and two sisters. They were on the bottom of the boat because they had … Continued
By Sarah Braun, October 6, 2019 — The day she was born was a really warm day. It was at least 95-100 [degrees] out. It was going to be really hot. I had a five-year-old and seven year old. [I … Continued
By Sarah Braun, Somerset, NJ, October 16, 2019 — I met your grandfather at school. It was at college, at Drexel. It was probably a Friday night or something like that, they had Friday night dances. That was common to do back … Continued
By Jim Hourihan, Sea Bright NJ, October 8, 2019 — Once a long, long time ago on the long and winding road of my working career I was a limousine driver. Driving clients from the Jersey Shore to Manhattan on … Continued
By Jim Hourihan, October 7, 2019 — One day, back in January 1998, a cold blustery afternoon. My sister-in-law had just called to tell us she was on her way to the hospital to have her second child. My sister-in-law, … Continued
By Jim Hourihan, October 17, 2019 — September 15, 1984, a Wednesday night. I was a single adult male that would go to dance parties thrown at local clubs along the Jersey Shore that were hosted by a radio station. One … Continued
By Ramon Vazquez, April 13, 2019 — I was born in the countryside of Puerto Rico. I grew up with two brothers and one sister on a farm. When I was a young boy, I helped my father with upkeep … Continued
By Maureen Duncan and Bruce Edwards, April 21, 2019 — Maureen: So it’s 1982 and Bruce called me up and said, “Oh c’mon I want to move back from Florida, I am going to move back to Jersey. You want … Continued
By Maureen Duncan, April 21, 2019 — When Aunt Anna was pregnant [with] Micheal she had toxemia so she had to be bedridden. Now her friend, Mary, (Aunt Mary who just died) would go over there every day and take care … Continued