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Theater Adventures and More with my brother Jim 2024
This year has been an adventure in exploring local theater productions and other activities in Orange County. Attending and enjoying one production led to attending and enjoying more productions of various genres. Here is a list of events that we attended: Click on a photo to see a description of the photo.
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Pauline Farley’s CSULB World War 11 Experience Interview
My Mother was interviewed in 1997 by Ellen Hogan about her experience of living in Huntington Beach during World War 2. This was a project at California State University Long Beach. This is a copy of that interview. Scroll the document on the left side of the PDF file below.
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Santa Ana Army Air Base
During World War 11, my Father and Grandfather worked at the Santa Ana Air Base in Orange County. They both cooked in Mess Halls. My Grandfather is circled the first photo and my Father is circled the second photo. Santa Ana Army Air Base was a World War II air base located near Santa Ana, California. The air base…
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Rancho Los Alamitos Garden Photo Series
Rancho Los Alamitos is a historical home in Long Beach, California. The 7½-acre site includes four acres of nationally significant historic gardens, a ranch house (1790-1933), and a restored barnyard of the early 20th-century working ranch. The Rancho is home to livestock including horses, sheep, goats, and more. The photographs below were taken in the Rancho’s…
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Celebrating Grandmother Josephine Burrecia
My maternal Grandmother’s name was Josephine Macaluso. She was born March 24, 1890 in Palazzo Adriano, Sicily. She married Antonio Burrescia on March 1, 1908 in Trinidad, Colorado. She and my Grandfather had 10 children together. She passed away on December 7, 1937 in Los Angeles. I recently asked Aunt Virginia (age 97), her youngest…