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REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time

INTRODUCTION

countryside, and let us act like farm hands. That’s what you
would call caring, and I’m sure they did.

A really big part of my early years was the environment. It was
Washington D.C. The fastest growing, most important city in
the world. During these years nothing grew faster with more
influence than the U.S. Government, not New York, London,
Los Angeles or Chicago. World War II was in full swing and
everything came from Washington to the United States and
the world. That was the way it was in the 1940’s, and for the
new world that was developing and building.
People came here from all over America, and the world. They
moved from their traditional homes where they often lived
their entire lives to a city that changed, revolving its population
every 3 years.

My home, Fairlington, was a new apartment complex. It
played a large role in supporting my parents and raising me.
Because it was designed to build community interest and trust.
Designed, to lay a safe foundation for a working class of
adults, and a moral and social structure for the children.
It worked because the adults were bound together by their
World War II effort. But, the physical structure of the
buildings, grouped together encouraged families to know each
other. There were many outside activities for them like
‘Victory Gardens’ , athletic fields and tennis courts for their
well being when not at work.

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