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What's the closest you or a family member has been to a part of history?

Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:03 pm
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:03 pm
I know we have some Vets thank for your your service.
And I welcome those stories but am interested in more of more specific moments that are historic.

anybody pew paw was there when Huey was shot, worked at NASA for a landing, Marched , turned the hose on marchers

Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:05 pm to
I survived Covid as a pureblood
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to
I was in Iraq…

Closest to a history book moment is we were on patrol and when Abu Gharib (sp) was attacked, we responded and were in the middle of that battle.

We were in others but nothing famous.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57423 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to
I’m a descendant of King Alfred, the first King of England and also the Great Eagle (Chief Willenawah), head of the Cherokee nation.

My cousin was the second most famous soldier in WW2. They made a movie about him (he survived the Bataan March and had an Air Force base named after him).

My wife’s grandfather was a matchstick man in the famed 101st that stormed Normandy (Band of Brothers show)
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Saunson69
Member since May 2023
1892 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to
My great^2,000 grandfather was the first human ever.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted by catfish 62
Atlanta
Member since Mar 2010
4914 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:07 pm to
One of Barry Bonds homers hit off my knee at turner field. Had it been 30ish homers later, the homer that broke Hank Aaron’s record would have hit off a 14 year olds knee and then stolen by a 48 year old drunk
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58121 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:07 pm to
Everyone is a part of history
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
2915 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm to
One of my wife's ancestors was burned at the stake in Salem ...
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:43 pm
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12580 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:09 pm to
I saw the baw paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 7:18 am
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
3528 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:10 pm to
My great x 5 grandfather was a pirate named Jean Lafitte, who resided at (and smuggled/hid out at) what is now Lafitte’s Blacksmith’s Shoppe, the oldest bar in America .. he also got up to many other shenanigans back in that time .
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

I saw the bar paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.

there's no moment I'd rather be there for
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
5912 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
My great uncle Freddie John Falgout was the first United States casualty of ww2 on record.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36106 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

I saw the bar paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.


Me too!!! And Garcia roofing!
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
176060 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
why I said closest in the thread title and then stressed a specific event in the body of the post
Posted by lsusa
Doing Missionary work for LSU
Member since Oct 2005
4611 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
My voice was picked up on a field mic during the 2003 LSU-Arkansas game saying “we want Oklahoma”

Craig Bolerjack (sp) was announcing along with Spencer Tillman, and said “I heard it, but I don’t believe it”
Posted by 32footsteps
Member since Oct 2017
278 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
My dad’s first cousin was a POW and was imprisoned with John McCain. He was right behind McCain getting off the plane when they returned to the US.
Posted by Zzyzx
Member since Nov 2018
1885 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:13 pm to
Wife’s however many great grandfather was part of the crew that kidnapped Pocahontas. Pretty cool
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55771 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:14 pm to
Grandfather - D-Day
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57423 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:14 pm to
I was featured as one of the crazy shirtless fans on ESPN for the 2002 LSU/Bama game.

I was ripped and the Announcers kept cutting to me making fun of me for being the only idiot with his shirt off in 20 degree wind chill. My grandfather was laid up in the hospital asking “who is that retard?”

My cousin, who was sitting with him, said “that’s your grandson”
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:18 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124436 posts
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:14 pm to
Both of my grandfathers were at the atomic bomb testings in Nevada during the 50s.


Probably explains me
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