My grandfather married my grandma, Madelyn Grace Keenan in September of 1938. The following year my grandma gave birth to my mom, Brenda M. Keenan. My grandfather Thomas F. Keenan worked for the B&M Railroad. He worked there from 1942 until his death on June 14, 1963.
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
I was born at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, MA on December 27, 1961.
I graduated from Medford High School in June, 1980. I graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston on May 20. 1984. I was blessed with 2 wonderful parents. My mother, Brenda M. Palma (1939-2019) and my father, Robert R. Palma (1933-2007) were totally devoted and loving to me.