Jean McGavin Stories

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Pieta

In the late winter of 1973, my sister and I, at 19 and 21, had packed rucksacks (mine a borrowed arm . . .

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Punk Rock Flea Market

Punk Rock Flea Market8/20/2023Bethlehem, Connecticut is a small town of about 3500 people and a surp . . .

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The Bomb

The Bomb. That word. It has so many connotations now. A thing that holds super powers at loggerheads . . .

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A Story About an Ordinary Woman

A Story About an Ordinary WomanThere once was a woman in Fermanagh, Who died in the height of the fa . . .

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Penicillin

Subj:  True StoryDate:  2/20/2001  9:45:43PM, Eastern Standard TimeFrom: TAMcGTo:  xxx@glynnisCC . . .

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Queen Elizabeth II

History just changed. England’s Queen Elizabeth has died at the venerable age of 96. She has been . . .

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On Mother's Day 2022

It was the the 1950s. I didn’t want to be a mother. As the fifth child of seven, I watched my mom . . .

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St. Patrick's Day

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I would like to recount what I little I know about Henry McGavin, my . . .

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Rifle Club

The following discussion is from a Facebook page, "Yorktown High School Friends", and the photograph . . .

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Sturgis Pretzels and Ice Cream

I am already getting hungry just thinking about writing this.My parents both grew up in Pennsylvania . . .

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9/11 Ten Years Later

September 11, 2011It has been impossible this last week to avoid the crush of constant discussions a . . .

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Lesson on a Tennessee Farm

A friend of History Chip recounted this story. We look forward to more from our new friend.My father . . .

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