Ellen and David Martin join The Great Quad Cities Listen to discuss Ellen's family history in the Quad Cities area.

'It's The First Time That I Ever Called My Grandfather Schaefer, Grandpa'

For nearly two centuries, Quad Citizens have here come here from all over the world and from all walks of life. The Great Quad Cities Listen is an attempt to collect and share all of our many diverse stories. By sharing our stories with one another, we hope to not only gain in civic pride, but more than this build connections and create a more compassionate Quad Cities.These stories will be shared with StoryCorps and archived in the Library of Congress.StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.Made possible by support from the Joyce & Tony Singh Family Foundation.

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For nearly two centuries, Quad Citizens have here come here from all over the world and from all walks of life. The Great Quad Cities Listen is an attempt to collect and share all of our many diverse stories. By sharing our stories with one another, we hope to not only gain in civic pride, but more than this build connections and create a more compassionate Quad Cities.These stories will be shared with StoryCorps and archived in the Library of Congress.StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.Made possible by support from the Joyce &amp; Tony Singh Family Foundation.

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