RBG: "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." This little girl, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was always a lady. Smart, principled, fighting for the rights of all, a Supreme Court Justice. We will miss you. RIP RBG.
We taught to be ladies and we act different from that teaching! Not today , they let grow up like a plant , then they want to know why they have these reckless brats ?
Mary Fooshée you are right they won’t want to know: sadly exploited migrant workers are the ones that are already doing this, as no one else gives a toss about the elderly in the west.😡
Katherine R. Weinmann People refuse to understand that pro choice doesn't mean pro abortion and that banning abortion doesn't mean they stop happening. They'll just stop happening safely.
Lacey Holley I’m sorry young lady but you better get your self on the Internet and find out her rulings you’re spouting opinion with no fact I happened to know she was very pro-abortion and believed in Roe v Wade you’re the one that needs to do some research
Leslie Ehrlich Nope. Tired of dealing with idiots. And you can tell me how to behave when you either raised me or pay my bills. Oh, neither? Then shut it.
The unborn don't have the right to live inside of my body, take my personal autonomy, or force me to risk my life and my health for theirs, just as I don't have those rights when it comes to the born nor do my born children have those rights when it comes to me.
Kaylen Chambers Smith She (unlike zealots) cared about girls and women (and boys and men). She protected the fundamental right of bodily autonomy for living, already-born humans. She knew that zealots want the government to force girls and women to use their organs to grow humans against their will.
Or even companies you work for won’t include birth control in their insurance coverage I.e. Hobby Lobby. Or that very strict Catholics still do not like people to use birth control methods. Or that women over 35 are at a high risk for blood clots, etc if they use birth control, or that giving birth can kill the mother (It used to be the number 1 killer for women prior to birth control and modern medicine).
Kaylen Chambers Smith She was not on the court during Roe vs. Wade.
Unless you contribute to the medical expenses of a pregnant girl/woman and are willing to support a child until adult hood then get off your high horse.
Gina Catterson Faulty logic. That's like saying "robberies are very dangerous, we should legalize them so they are safer." Screw that. We have offered a better solution, keeping your legs closed if you don't want a child, but you libturds won't accept that one. Feminism wants women to be able to be w***** without consequences.
To be honest, I went into Planned Parenthood during the 2007-2008 recession because I had lost my insurance and was looking for work. I had a medical condition and asked my normal OB what to do - she said go to Planned Parenthood, They can help you. Not everyone who walks into Planned Parenthood is a devil worshiper Leftist seeking an abortion.
Kaylen Chambers Smith Hate-speech and bullying gets reported. You don't get to offer any "better solutions" because it's none of your business. Also, married women get abortions after getting pregnant by their husbands.
Pamela Adams They won't address that. If they did they'd have to admit that their g*d is the most prolific abortionist of all time. Aborting many times more than all clinics combined
Kaylen Chambers Smith We get it you are an incubator. Big deal. They can breed babies in test tubes. The trick is actually raising them well.Any one can pop out a child. Takes no talent at all.
Linda Rushing Zealots want to force black girls and women to use their organs to grow humans against their will knowing the mortality rate from pregnancy/birth for these females is 3 times higher than it is for white females.
Kaylen Chambers Smith Devil worshipper? Seriously? There is nothing more evil than worshipping an entity who promises to torture and torment for all eternity a couple of billion of your fellow humans just for their refusal to join his cult.
Kaylen Chambers Smith Why is it the woman's responsibility to keep her legs closed? Why isn't it the man's responsibility to keep it in his pants, to just say no?
How can you be taken seriously when you use kindergarten language? Republicans seen to talk like children. Poor things.
HATE-RIGHTies are using the death of a beloved and revered SCOTUS Justice to spew their bile. Ignoring the fact that she wasn't on the court when Roe was decided. I remember well when it was decided. It was a monumental day for girls and women. It was too late for me, though. Two years earlier when I was 16 I was kidnapped from my bed, stabbed with a needle, tied up, thrown into the back of a truck, driven to the mountains and gang raped. Later, I was thrown naked into a busy intersection. I soon found out I was pregnant. I know who the evil ones are. They are the ones who force their beliefs and desires onto others (whether they be rapists or zealots).
Kaylen - to even assume “most” people are in there for abortions is really just naive. If you have never been inside one, then don’t even make such an assumption. There were many women in there for multiple issues. And guess what, there were protesters hanging outside when I went in. It’s unfair to be judged by Christians when I was seeking a valid treatment. I was treated with dignity and care at Planned Parenthood - a heck of a lot more than by our health insurance companies.
Daisy Day Lies. Biden's tax plan only raises taxes on those who make more than $400,000 per year and corporations. Lying, bullying and hate are so on brand.
Kaylen Chambers Smith The right to spew targeted hate and libelous lies, and to bully people for exercising their rights, isn't protected on Facebook...or in the Bill of Rights.
Daisy Day Why aren't you screeching about Trump giving massive welfare checks to the filthy rich (himself and his family/cronies) that was paid for by the rest of us?
Actually I never told you my stance at all. You don’t know me nor my beliefs. I was telling you of my experiences so you could see it from a different perspective. You can stop laughing now. You seem to find a lot humor in the topic of murder.
Kaylen Chambers Smith
According to their report Planned Parenthood performed 332,757 abortions during 2017-2018.
In contrast, non-abortion services have declined significantly.
Planned Parenthood performed
570,444 breast exams and pap tests, down from 617,677 in 2016-2017.
614,361 cancer screenings and prevention procedures, down from 660,777 in 2016-2017.
216,722 well-woman exams, down from 235,355 in 2016-2017.
2,620,867 provisions of birth control information and services, down from 2,701,866 in 2016-2017.
2,831 adoption referrals, down from 3,889 in 2016-2017.
-The Heritage Foundation (a conservative group)
Kaylen Chambers Smith Abortion isn't murder. It's a legal medical procedure. Until a zygote or embryo can grow itself the female's body needed to grow it takes precedence. HER rights supercede a potential person's.
Mary Fooshée "We don't agree with you standing up for life, you shouldn't be able to do that, so we are going to try hard to get you censored!" - this is exactly why we have the 1st and 2nd Amendments!
Kaylen, I never have called you any names. Can you just respond without calling me one? This is the problem with our country. Too much judging, too much hate. Too much “me against you” kind of thinking. Just stop it already.
Kaylen Chambers Smith Your tone, your verbage, your condemnation of those who make a decision you don't like. And yes I can be the name you so childishly called me. Especially when it comes to the health mental and physical of women.
Daisy Day VP Biden isn't going to jail, but your Traitor-in-Chief is.
"• Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, had an investment deal that involved the Bank of China, but Trump’s $1.5 billion figure is exaggerated.
• We found no evidence that either of the Bidens broke any laws.
• Experts say it’s not unusual for the Chinese government and state-affiliated businesses to court prominent Americans or their family members. Ivanka Trump, for example, was granted potentially lucrative trademark protections by the Chinese government while she has been serving as a White House official."
-PolitiFact
Mary Fooshée Keep quoting or posting CNN and you loose credibility. I understand you’re upset that Biden is not a good candidate and Harris will destroy our republic. Are you reliving election night 2016? That was a brilliant night! So much fun to wake up the next day. Looking forward to a repeat.
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Daisy Day At that phony photo-op in front of a church he's never set foot in, where Trump beat and gassed peaceful protesters and journalists, and wanted to burn their skin with controversial military weapons, Trump grabbed that unread Bible with his p****-grabbing hand!.
Daisy Day Trump already destroyed our republic. And he killed 200,000+ Americans. Now it's your turn to ignore nearly a quarter of a million deaths of post-birth Americans and screech about zygotes and 4 dead in Benghazi.
Daisy Day Hillary has every right to speak about the upcoming election and the previous one. The MAJORITY of Americans voted for her. She got the 2nd highest number of votes in history, after President Obama. SHE had the election stolen from her. The MAJORITY of Americans hated Trump then and even more hate him now. He said before the 2016 election that it was rigged...unless he won. If she had said that you would have savaged her. It has been proven by the republiCON senate investigation that Trump had Russian help in that election. Plus, republiCONS used voter suppression and intimidation in minority areas, and they have already said they will do it again in this election. The only reason Trump is president is because of the slave-era scam, electoral college, which he only won by 77,000 votes in those key states and districts where there was rigging. Hillary should have contested THAT election. We, the MAJORITY who voted for her, should have burned this place to the ground. But she didn't do that because she has dignity and integrity. She conceded even though she should be president. Trump is a criminal. Justice is waiting for him. #PutinsPuppet
Mary Fooshée Your comments about Our President and the Bible are disgusting and I won’t be discussing any of this with you anymore. Try to behave and talk like an adult and not a petulant teenager.
Mary Fooshée still not accepting the results of our last election is very evident from your first sentence and also every time Hillary opens her mouth. She can’t accept the fact she lost yet Criticized President Trump before the results were saying he wouldn’t accept the results. Hypocrites. This is America and the election was won by President Trump. Hillary and her corrupt DNC(remember what happened to dear old Bernie?) are the only ones who rig elections and conspire with Russia-Did you forget about the British spy and the infamous Steele Dossier-all concocted to try to cast dirt on her opponent? Try not to use made up words,Republicons. It just makes you appear more gullible and less credible. You are another bitter liberal who can’t stand loosing and want a trophy for everyone. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸TRUMP 2020🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Daisy, to be honest everything Mary said was the truth. Do you really believe Trump has read or reads the Bible? Really, in your heart of hearts? I mean, it’s one thing to pander to evangelicals but to really just outright lie about it like he does is what makes me annoyed. He wants to win. At what cost, that doesn’t matter. He got a lot of help from Wikileaks in 2016, as well, planted at just the right time. If only Wikileaks has done the same to him, things may have turned out a little differently. And I am what you call a switch voter. I have been registered Republican since 2000. I finally made the switch this year to Democrat. It took a lot to get me there. I will never blindly vote for any candidate- when I smell a wolf in sheep’s clothing, I am bailing, no matter what party they belong to.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola And, you sound like a judgemental imbecile!
"Judge Not, Lest Ye be Judged"
~ Remember that one!!??! ~ That's God's job!
Without the "righteously ignorant" ~ What a better world this would be.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola You May think it’s a bad thing to for a Jew to die on a Jewish Holiday, but actually the angels are having a party in heaven as her soul came home to show how much good work she did down here on earth. Now that her good work is done here she has been called back to heaven.
She left behind
people like you here in Satins house until you learn to be a mensch (good person). When you finally learn to be nice and and help people you will be called back to heaven!
Otherwise your souls will return to earth until you get it right!
Mary Grandmason Kahkola She was a champion for women's rights and a strong role model who worked right up to her dying breath to make this country better and more equal.. she had more class in her pinky than you do through out your entire body. You should be ashamed of yourself for disrespecting the deceased regardless of your political views. Its just ignorant and bad form.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola You could have just held your peace instead of being hateful. She spent her life in service to those who needed her representation.
Amen. WE ARE NOT INDEPENDENT OF GOD...What we do is to make GOD HAPPY AND INDEPENDANT...HOME IN HEAVEN AGAIN...Thank you GOD 4 THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU. YOU ARE FIRST IN MY LIFE...NOT LAST😥.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola well I'm happy she stood up for a woman's right to choose. Especially as a woman who has had an abortion. If you don't want one dont have one but don't force others to follow your shitty opinion based on invisible sky daddy.
Sara Stenger she's hell bound for allowing the unborn to be murdered. If you choose an abortion, pay for it yourself- don't use tax dollars to condone them.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola I did it was 500 outta my own pocket. Contrary to whatever nonsense you've been told, most abortions are paid for out of pocket. But you're used to believing literature you haven't actually read so I imagine its not hard for you to be misinformed.
Mary Grandmason Kahkola Hell is only for you "Christians". She was Jewish, she didn't believe in your hell. You know, your Bible only applies to you Christians. To the rest of us, it's just a book.
Mary Fooshée as a pagan, I view the Bible as an interesting historical footnote. I hold no animosity toward it, no more than I would any other piece of fiction. Jesus himself was a cool guy, many pagans view him as we do Buddha: a teacher, a rabbi, a holy man, to be sure. Gandhi said it best, "I like your Christ. But your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
Mary Grandmason Kahkola you may have deleted your most vile postings but your god already saw them. Too late for your "eternal soul". Truly, I pity you.
Gayle Benson They also need to read a history book. Justice Ginsburg wasn't on the SCOTUS in 1973 when Roe V Wade was decided by a MAJORITY conservative Court.
Leslie Caskey it’s making a point all of this accusatory rhetoric It is STUPID and it’s just to insult and defame people ... look up the recent articles about him ! People are beyond hopeless !
Shelly Reilly RBG wasn't even on the Supreme Court in 1973 when Roe war decided, DA! But Trump is responsible for the deaths of 200,000+ Americans in just 7 months.
How many adopted children do you have Jeanne?
Please do tell your opinions on unwanted hysterectomies performed during the last 4 years on immigrant women in the Florida detention center.
Do cherry pick how you answer ... its expected.
Do you work for Foster Care services ? A social worker?
That'd at least give creedance to the wide swath of hypocracy you're determined to throw.
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth People like you are disgusting. You can’t even appreciate the woman she was without interjecting your own personal views. You have a serious problem lady. Have some respect.
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth whether you realize it or not, abortions have been happening for centuries and would continue to happen without Roe vs Wade...and will continue to happen if it’s repealed.
Christine Pietrandrea waaa waaa waaa. You choose to believe those lies by CNN but close your eyes to all the evil perpetrated by Obama, Hilary, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Nader, Podesta, waters......and on and on. You pick and choose what you want to complain about.
Susan Pastuszak that is two separate issues. So often those who speak out against abortion go straight to the adoption question. Wouldn’t the logical response be to address why ending a life
Is a moral decision?
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth every child deserves to be loved and wanted. That is why abortion should be safe and legal. Is it better to have a child you don't want and make their lives miserable? Why are you not adopting them?
Eydie Sanders So there are over 500 children in my state that need homes and medical care because of the abuse of their parents and foster parents and I guess you too since you demand they be born. Step up lady and adopt a few ---Or are you one of the abusers and sadists that just like to have babies to hurt them????
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth Justice Ginsburg wasn't on the Court in 1973 when Roe V Wade was decided. The decision was made by a MAJORITY CONSERVATIVE (ALL MALE) Supreme Court. But don't let FACTS get in the way of that HATE agenda.
Do all these "Trump" supporters even know how many of his women he made get abortions??!! 😄 🤣 😂 ...aaannnddd all the countless MEN who forced and threatened women to get abortions. Especially the Religious zealots!! STFU! Stupid weak women. Go clean the kitchen.
they are to “Lazy”? do You have prescription rose colored glasses?....you are like the Scarecrow no heart or brain or was that the tin man..what ever i’m sure you need to do some very serious soul searching...
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth maybe you should go find a damaged foster child to take care since you are obviously so "pro-life" or is it just "pro-fetus", most foster children don't have a voice either.
Julie M Wilson-Smith aren’t you clever. You don’t have anything to say so you choose to throw out an offensive remark. The funny thing is that you think you would hurt me and/or negate my statement. Being called KAREN means absolutely nothing to me.
Debbie Hastings there are hundreds of families looking to adopt. Why not give the angel a chance at a beautiful life with a couple full of love and yearning for a happy family.
Jeanne Walsh Heyworth you go first! Do you even KNOW how adoption works??! Such a naive, privileged, racist, princess wannabe. Makes me want to puke. 🤢
Shelly Reilly Engage your brain, please. Firstly, no contraceptive is 100% effective. Secondly, who the hell are you to judge if someone is 'lazy' or not? You know diddly squat about a womans reasons for choosing a termination. So shush your holier-than-though cakehole and sit down.
I'm 38 with brown hair and hazel eyes. But my baby pictures are blues eyes and blond hair. Most caucasian babies are born with blue eyes and blond hair.
Meg Scott I was born with black hair, which fell out and came in platinum blonde till I was around 6, at which point, it turned brown. I'm 63 now and it's burgundy. Are you for real?
Yulonda Randall Democrats aren't killing babies. Democrats are against stupid people trying to dictate what women and their Doctors decide is best for them.
Shelly Reilly Not a lie dear. I was a Casa volunteer and saw first hand all the unwanted abused children.over burdened court system and paralyzed foster care system. Try living a real life out of your little cocoon. The heart break of these children is real so pony up lady and start adopting these kids and get all your religious cult members too.Oh and stop the Government from sterilizing women without their conceit and who know what other atrocities are being done in your (governments) name.Seems like YOUR lot are the ones ignoring babies.
Yulonda Randall She stood up for the right for a woman to choose what is best for her. She stood up for the right for children to have food to eat, an education, to be cared for.
Linda Rushing abortion is murder. We have a responsibility to take care of our children. Murder as a form of birth control is still murder. Women using abortion as birth control. Yes. That’s murder. And any woman who laughs at this, is a parasite on the human race.
Shelly Reilly aren’t you the righteous one? Remember “he who is without sin, cast the first stone”...you aren’t the judge and your opinion ultimately doesn’t matter.
Linda Rushing people like Shelly don’t care about babies that have been born. They like to be holier than thou up on their pedestals throwing judgements around. They don’t live in reality.
Shelly Reilly honest to god do you believe this stupidity ? No woman anywhere carries a baby for 9 months and then thinks whoops time to get an abortion. You are delusional .
Yulonda Randall You want to throw the killing babies BS around? Worry about children like the 3 month old baby that was raped or the infant that had gas poured down its throat so it couldn't cry while it was set on fire! Take one for the kids locked in closets, beaten and starved! Cheer those idiots on to spit out as many babies as the foster care can't handle so you can feel good. I'm sure you'll greet them at the door when they age out of foster care to the streets and a life of prostitution because you're that stand up kind of woman at least in print.
Exactly my sister in law is a Casa volunteer and I have only heard small parts of what has happened to these children and it’s a whole other kind of cruelty I never knew existed :(
Naomi B. Estrangiere we are, - I am Catholic and have worked with clients (not necessarily Catholic, but want to keep their babies and need help). Abortion would not be my choice, but I have had close personal relations with women that have been in dire straits,but when push came to shove, they made the right decision for themselves. My husband is very conservative and stated because one such person made the decision to keep her baby and in the end everything worked out, that that is justification of his pro- life beliefs. I believe it is justification for my beliefs that a woman can make her own decisions. Not some man (or person) that doesn’t even know her situation.
Yulonda Randall I learned long ago about arguing with people like you. The biggest problem I have is that once the kids are born, you anti abortionists stop caring so much if at all. And I have a big problem with that.
Yulonda Randall You don't care about children! If you did, you and your party would take care of them after they're born. All you care about is taking that holier-than-thou opportunity to try to make your opposing party look bad! You think that by calling us murderers and baby killers that that makes you superior when, in fact, it shows just how entrenched in the political BS you and your ilk are! All we want is for women, and poor women in particular, to have access to safe doctors care. Rich women can afford to go where they want to get it done, ask your Republican men how many they've had done for their girlfriends!! We want women to make their own decisions how best to live their lives, not us!! And let me ask you, with so many miscarriages that happen all the time, do you think God is a baby killer too? Just food for thought....
News flash, miss holier than thou. Pro choice DOES NOT mean pro abortion. It means we understand that a woman's health is between her and her doctor, and none of anyone else's business. Period.
Velta George Because she believed in the right of girls and women not to have the government or religious zealots force them to use their organs to grow humans against their will.
Velta George Good, no other person has the right to tell a girl/woman what is best for her body. That is between her and her doctor.
If it's not then how about this...any boy/man who impregnates a girl/woman will have a vasectomy to prevent other pregnancies.
Erin Ontiveros Delgadillo more likely the same way it makes "Y'all" one too, by even asking. Too many redneck southern whimpering losers. The SOUTH lost. It was evil, done in the name and excuse for the Bible and greed. This flag portrays that. Disgusting humans.
Erin Ontiveros Delgadillo by the way...quite sure you all are not intelligent enough to know this. The statement in her ugly flag comment...
"pil·grim"
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noun
a person who journeys to a sacred place for "religious" reasons.
Karen Culver Nobody should be here spewing their hateful opinions on a post about a revered Justice who just died. If they are here to spew hate they deserve to be called out.
Nah, you pro lifers got rid of the free birth control. You want to control who people f***, but then say you aren't a communist. You want to protect unborn children but you don't want to pay for WIC, food stamps or cash assistance for people who can not afford them. What needs to be done is EARLY sexual education, stop clutching your pearls when your daughters bring up penises and vaginas. Educate them. Show them what happens when they f*** each other. EDUCATION. COMPASSION. it's really not complicated.
I have volunteered for Life causes for 16 years.. AND YES WE HELP MOTHER,FATHER,AND BABIES... WE HELP FAMILIES......Killing a baby that can not say I want to live is so wrong...
If you all are so involved with children (you volunteered) why are there more than 500 children in my state alone with out loving families and why is the suicide rate so high for children that age out of foster care. You all are full of hot air.
Diana Nidick Lies. Hate. Disrespect. Bullying. She wasn't on the Supreme Court in 1973 when Roe V Wade was decided by an ALL MALE, MAJORITY CONSERVATIVE, Court.
Debi Penry-Hull Smith Kerstiens That god kills more zygotes, embryos, fetuses, babies, children, teens, mothers, fathers, grandparents and soldiers than any other entity ever.
The 2 people who had sex? If they would love and support their baby, why would they be talking about abortion? No, that would be for the 2 people who would not or could not care for this baby. maybe sex without the sole purpose of procreation should be illegal huh?
I am not stating my position on abortion. I am pro choice. I am not arrogant enough or pompous enough to presume to know what people are going through, how or why they got pregnant and I am certainly not qualified to say what the woman down the block or around the corner or in another state has the right to do with her body or her situation. Are there better choices to getting pregnant? Of course but prevention is not the topic.
Nah, you pro lifers got rid of the free birth control. You want to control who people f***, but then say you aren't a communist. You want to protect unborn children but you don't want to pay for WIC, food stamps or cash assistance for people who can not afford them. What needs to be done is EARLY sexual education, stop clutching your pearls when your daughters bring up penises and vaginas. Educate them. Show them what happens when they f*** each other. EDUCATION. COMPASSION. it's really not complicated.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg (born Joan Ruth Bader), was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton, she was the 2nd woman on the Supreme Court and was considered a Liberal. From 2006 through 2009, RBG was the only woman serving on the Court.
As a young woman, she earned a bachelor's degree at Cornell University. After marrying and becoming a mother, she became one of only a few women attending Harvard Law School. She had to transfer to Columbia Law School when her husband took a job in New York, City where she graduated tied for first in her class.
At the time when RBG graduated from law school there was extreme discrimination against women, making it difficult for her to find a clerkship. She finally served a 2 year clerkship for Judge Edmund L. Palmieri of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - after some pressure on Judge Palmieri from one of her law school professors.
She went on to become a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School, become an advocate for gender equality and women's rights (arguing before the Supreme Court multiple times - and winning), and serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit until her appointment to the Supreme Court.
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I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.