• “He made me his little helper...”

    90-year-old James Lacy tells his daughter, Jamie Breed, about his father's general store in Comanche County, Texas.

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    Recorded in Abilene, TX

  • “How did you get by?”

    Jerry Johnson interviews his mother, Carrie Conley, about raising six children as a single mother.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI

  • “She bought me a bra that you blow up...”

    94-year-old Betty Jenkins remembers a gift from her mother.

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    Recorded in Cincinnati, OH

  • “He just won't get out of my mind...”

    Ten year-old Frankie DeVito remembers his grandfather, Bill Steckman, in an interview with his mother Diana. Bill Steckman was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Baldwin, NY

  • “They would allow potential parents to check you out like a library book.”

    Ray Martinez remembers growing up in an orphanage during the 1950s.

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    Recorded in Fort Collins, CO

  • “Jimmy, tell me how it all started.”

    Tim Russert interviews fellow Buffalo-native, James T. Molloy, retired doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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    Recorded in Washington, DC

  • “By the time I was in the second grade, everyone was calling me Raymond.”

    Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez remembers how teachers changed the names of Mexican-American students during the 1950s.

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    Recorded in San Diego, CA

  • “He either wanted to be a marine biologist or he wanted to be ten.”

    Myra Dean tells her friend Gary Jamison about her son, Rich Stark, who was killed by a reckless driver in 1977.

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    Recorded in Abilene, TX

  • “I noticed that he had all these small coffee cans.”

    David Shea tells his friend Alice Doyle about learning something new about his father, Denny Shea.

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    Recorded in Butte, MT

  • “When you think about your kids, what makes you happy, what makes you sad?”

    Bob Chase, Jr. interviews his father, Bob Sr.

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    Recorded in Cleveland, OH