My Family HERstory: Conversations with Arda Jean Christensen

JFK, Cold War, Vietnam, MLK, Beatles, Moon Landing: Events of the 60s - Episode 12


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Woah! It's the longest episode yet! Grandma Arda Jean speaks on being an adult and remembering some of the most tense and tumultuous times in American History, the 1960s. She talks about what President John F. Kennedy was like, and how his assassination affected her. What the Cold War was like, and how she built a nuclear fallout shelter in her basement. What the Vietnam war was like from home, and how she lost people she knew. What the movement lead by Martin Luther King was like and how it changed America. She also talks about the birth of Rock and Roll through bands like the Beatles, and finally, the legendary Moon Landing of July 20, 1969. What a decade!

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My Family HERstory: Conversations with Arda Jean ChristensenBy Jonathan Dixon

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