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marybourg

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1. My father left school at 12 to support

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 4, 2024, 06:31 PM

Feb 2024

his mother and younger siblings (his mother refused to accept welfare). When he retired from factory work at 65, he took classes and got his GED, then audited classes at the City Uni of NY. He read a newspaper (and not a tabloid one) every day of his working life., and was very well informed and a staunch Democrat.

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96 Year Old Veteran Receives High School Diploma, Left School to Serve in WW2 [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2024 OP

My father left school at 12 to support marybourg Feb 2024 #1

Good for him, so dedicated to family, learning and appalachiablue Feb 2024 #2

Thank you for that. marybourg Feb 2024 #3