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  • Events & News
    • About the Geneology Site
      • Genealogy Site – Instructions
    • Pictures from 2013
      • 10/04/2013 – A Warrior’s Promotion Ceremony
      • Thanksgiving
    • Pictures from 2014
      • January
        • 01/02/2014 – Snowstorm
        • 01/18/2014 – A Hawk on the deck
        • 01/21/2014 – More snow and a Fox out back
      • February
        • 02/09/2014 – The Dino Exhibit
        • 02/13/2014 – And more Snow and Birds
        • 02/28/2014 – Jan’s Presentation
      • March
        • 03/03/2014 – Yet Another Global Warming Snowstorm
        • 03/17/2014 – One more storm
        • 03/28/2014 – Bonni Visits from Colorado
      • April
        • 04/12/2014 – Skyline Drive
        • 04/19/2014 – Easter with the Gormans at our house
        • 04/19/2014 – Photographing Doris Swann’s Family Tree
        • 04/27/2014 – Nora Frances is Baptized
      • May
        • 05/10/2014 – Oliver at Luray Cavern & Skyline Drive
        • 05/11/2014 – Mother’s Day Brunch
        • 05/22/2014 – A short vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina
      • June 2014
        • 06/07/2014 – Prince William Forest Park
        • 06/23/2014 – Parking Lot Repairs
        • 06/28/2014 – Visit Grandchildren in Maryland
      • July 2014
        • 07/04/2014 – Weekend on Skyline Drive & Fireworks over the Valley
        • 07/19/2014 – Visit to Connecticut
      • August 2014
        • 08/09/2014 – Oliver Spends the Weekend
        • 08/16/2014 – Visit to Texas
      • September 2014
      • October 2014
        • 10/12/2014 – The Outer Banks
        • 10/18/2014 – Birthday Number 1 for Nora Frances Gorman
      • December 2014
        • 12/06/2014 – Christmas Visit to Texas
        • 12/20/2014 – Christmas at Home with the Melanie, Matt, Oliver and Nora
    • Pictures from 2015
      • 12/20/2014 – Christmas at Home With the Family
      • 12/25/2014 – Christmas in New Mexico
        • Part1 – Santa Fe
        • Part 2 – Ghost Ranch
        • Part 3 – Albuquerque Christmas Eve
        • Part 4 – Basque del Apache
        • Part 5 – The River of Lights
        • Part 6 – A Hike Up Sandia Mountain
      • 03/10/2015 – Another Global Warming Blast
      • 03/15/2015 – Jan’s Birthday Trip to Sarasota
      • 04/04/2015 – Oliver Visit’s and Biking
      • 5/3/2015 – Day Trip to Skyline Drive
      • 05/14/2015 – A Trip to DC With Oliver’s Class
      • 05/24/2015 – Prince William Forest
      • 05/24/2015 – Joey & Pauline Visit
      • 06/14/2015 – A Day Trip to the Zoo
    • Pictures from 2016
      • 01/23/2016 – The Snow Storm of the Decade
      • 02/06/2016 – Grandson Oliver at Hockey Practice
      • 03/18/2016 – Sarasota Trip
      • 03/27/2016 – Easter Sunday
      • 04/15/2016 – Some older pictures from the deck
      • 04/23/2016 – The Yellow Finches Return
      • 05/01/2016 – Oliver’s First Holy Communion
      • 05/27/2016 – An all toooo short vacation in North Carolina
      • 07/09/2016 – Oliver Spends the Weekend and gets a new Bike
      • 07/16/2016 – Paul and Oscar Host a Great BBQ Evening
      • 11/24/2016 – Thanksgiving Dinner at the Gorman’s
      • 11/26/2016 – A Visit to Mount Vernon with Oliver
      • 12/2016 – Christmas at Home and in New Mexico
    • Pictures from 2017
      • 07/16/2017 – We make the annual trip to Connecticut to celebrate Joey’s birthday
      • 04/08/2017 – Antiquing with Pat and Theresa
      • 04/15/2017 – Easter with the Gormans
      • 05/25/2017 – Trip to the Outer Banks
      • 07/07/2017 – Alex and Grandchildren Visit
      • 08/05/2017 – Our Summer Vacation in New Mexico
    • Pictures from 2018
      • 04-20-2018 – Laura in Town for her 16th Birthday Celebration
      • 06/30/2018 – A Tour of the New Home Property
      • 07/08/2018 – Two Dead Trees are taken Down
    • Pictures from 2019
      • 04/19/2019 – A Zamboni Adventure
    • Pictures from 2020
      • 01-01-2020 – The First Snowfall
      • 01-01-2020 – A Bird Invasion
      • 01-29-2020 – The Local Fox
      • 02-28-2020 – Backyard Birds
      • 03-07-2020 – A Full Moon
      • 04-30-2020 – Critters Captured
      • 05-26-2020 – Skyline Drive
      • 06-18-2020 – Outer Banks Trip
      • 07-04-2020 – Celebrate the 4th
      • 06-06-2020 – A Hawk Recap
      • 07-31-2020 – Our Neighbors
      • 08-22-2020 – Weekend with Oliver and Nora
      • 08-25-2020 – A Half-Moon
      • 08-28-2020 – Nags Head
      • 09-04-2020 – Daytrip to Skyline Drive
      • 11-06-2020 – Fall on the Drive
      • 10-22-2020 – Critters on the property
      • 11-26-2020 – Thanksgiving Dinner
      • 11-28-2020 – The Bird Feeder Visitors
      • 12-20-2020 – Christmas at Home
  • In Memory of Dad
    • Documents and Books
      • An Inventory of Documents
      • Mom’s Family, some notes found
      • Steven Swann in Korea
      • The Swann Family Tree
        • Some notes on the Norse connection
    • Overview & Notes
      • Comments and Copies
      • Site Structure
    • Swann Family Photographs
      • Parts 01 – 05
        • The PowerPoint Slide Show
        • Update # 01
        • Update # 02
        • Update # 03
        • Update # 04 – Vacation 07/1986
      • Parts 06 – 10
        • Update # 05 – Vacation 10/1987 in 3 Parts
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 1
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 2
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 3
        • Update # 06 – A Travel Album and More, in 2 parts
          • Mom – 50th High-School Reunion Trip, part 1
          • Reunion Album, the Balance
        • Update # 07 – A trip to Cape Cod
        • Update # 08 – An assorted pile of pictures
        • Update # 09 – The Family in Bethany
          • Day 1 – Cookout & Beach
          • Day 2 – Beach & Crab Feast
          • Day 3 – Beach, Dolphin, Put-Put, Night Fishing
          • Day 4 – Beach, Boardwalk, Rides
          • Day 5 – Chilling in the Condo
          • Day 6 – Beach and Around the Condo
          • Day 7 – Big Dinner & Group Pictures
          • Day 8 – Cleaning Up to Leave
      • Parts 11 – 15
        • Update 11 – A Photo Album in 2 parts
          • Update 11 – Part 1
          • Update 11 – Part 2
        • Update 12 – 1984 Trip to Ireland
        • Update 13 – The 50th Wedding Anniversary
        • Update 14 – Some Random Pictures
        • Update 15 – A Box of Older Pictures
      • Parts 16 – 20
        • Update 16, The Church Service
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 1
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 2
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 3
        • Update 17, Some Random Pictures
    • World War 2, the 101st Airborne Division And Dad
  • Personal Musings
    • Book Reviews
      • Books – Archeology
        • A Tale of Two Caves, Francois Bordes
        • Atlantis the Antediluvian World, Ignatius Donnelly
        • Before Before Writing, From Counting to Cuniform, Schmandt-Besserat
        • Between The Lines, Anthony Aveni
        • Pompeii – L. Richardson
        • Richard Rudgley, “Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age”
        • Royal Tombs of Sipan, Walter Alva
        • Schliemann’s Discoveries of the Ancient World: Carl Schuchhardt
        • The Arts and Crafts of Travancore, Kramrisch, Poduval and Cousins
        • The Coming of Rome – John Wacher
        • The Keys of Egypt, Lesley and Roy Adkins
        • The Maya Cosmos, Friedel, Schele and Parker
        • The Pyramid Of Unas, Alexandre Piankoff
        • The Roots of Civilization, Alexander Marshack
        • The Rosetta Stone
        • The Sumerians, Samuel Noah Kramer
      • Books – Dwight D. Eisenhower
        • A Matter of Justice, David Nichols
        • Eisenhower and Latin America
        • Eisenhower, Man and Soldier, Ann Woodward Miller
        • Ike’s Final Battle, Kasey S. Pipes
        • Merlo J. Pusey, “Eisenhower The President”
      • Books – Historical
        • A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity – Bill O’Reilly
        • Alger Hiss – Why He Chose Treason, Christina Shelton
        • Arthur Of Britain
          • An Excerpt from the Gothic History, 6th Century
          • Letter to Riothamus, King of the Britons
          • Two Accounts of the Exhumation of Arthur’s Body
          • Welsh Battle Poem
        • Arthurian Chronicles, Wace & Layamon
        • Austria-Hungary
        • B. Hurmence, “Before Freedom”
        • B. Hurmence, “My Folks Don’t Want Me to Talk About Slavery”
        • Collier’s New Photographic History Of The World’s War
        • Collier’s Photographic History Of The European War
        • Cologne No. 10 For Men, Richard Morris
        • Death, Dismemberment and Memory, Lyman Johnson
        • Divine Dyads, Ancient Civilization in Tibet
        • Empires of Time, Anthony Aveni
        • Engineering the Pyramids, Dick Parry
        • Erra And Ishtum, Kabti-ilani-Marduk
        • Frederick Katz, “The Life & Times of Pancho Villa”
        • Gisli Sursson’s Sage & The Saga of the People of Eyri, Anonymous
        • Haiti, History and the Gods, Joan Dayan
        • Hiroshima, John Hersey
        • In Alfred’s Days, Paul Creswick
        • In Quest of the Great White Gods, Robert F. Marx
        • In Search of The Hobo
        • Indian Women of Early Mexico
        • Into the Valley, John Hersey
        • John Paul the Great, Peggy Noonan
        • Kenji Kawano, “Warriors, Navajo Code Talkers”
        • Known and Unknown, Donald Rumsfeld
        • Mediterranean World in Ancient Times
        • Memoirs of a Slave Trader, Theodore Canot
        • Navajo, “Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes”
        • Nelson Reed, “The Caste War of Yucatan”
        • Richard Berber, “The Devil’s Crown”
        • Rituals of War, Zainab Bahrani
        • Scott Shay, “The History of English”
        • Sexuality & Marriage in Colonial Latin America
        • Steel Drivin’ Man – Scott Reynolds Nelson
        • The Bells of Nagasaki
        • The Black Military Experience in the American West
        • The Broken Spears
        • The Day The World Came To Town, 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim Defede
        • The Face of Pancho Villa, Frederich Katz
        • The Folk Culture of Yucatan, Robert Redfield
        • The Holy Crown of Hungary, Anthony Endrey
        • The Homeless Transient in the Great Depression
        • The Mapmakers Wife, Robert Whitaker
        • The Shaman’s Coat – Anna Reid
        • Tony Horwitz, “A Voyage Long And Strange”
        • Uttermost Part of the Earth, E Lucas Bridges
        • Waiting For Nothing, Tom Kromer
        • When Books Went To Ear, Molly Guptill Manning
        • Wolfram Von Eschenbach, “Parzival”
        • Works of Art – The Unites States Capitol, Government Printing Office
        • 1491, Charles C. Mann
      • Books – Political
        • A Lie And A Libel – Binjamin W. Segal
        • Adios America!, Ann Coulter
        • America by Heart, Sarah Palin
        • An Appraisal of the Protocols of Zion, John Curtiss
        • Come on People, Bill Cosby
        • Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less, Newt Gingrich
        • Fixing Failed States – Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart
        • Getting Off Track
        • Going Rogue, Sarah Palin
        • How to be Right by Greg Gutfeld
        • In The Presence Of My Enemies, Tsipon Shuguba
        • Mugged, Ann Coulter
        • My Grandfather’s Son, Clarence Thomas
        • National Suicide, Martin L. Gross
        • Out Of Kishineff, W C Stiles
        • Plunder and Deceit, Mark Levin
        • Rebel In Chief, Fred Barnes
        • Slander, Ann Coulter
        • The Art of War, Sun Tzu
        • The Case Against Hillery Clinton, Peggy Noonan
        • The CIA Memos
        • The Silencing, Kirsten Powers
        • Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer
        • Tibetan Journey, Alexandra David-Neel
        • To Set The Record Straight – Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler
        • Triumph Forsaken, Mark Moyar
        • W – The Legacy of President George Bush, The Washington Times
      • Books – Spiritual
        • Gilgamesh, Stephen Mitchell
        • Not Cool, Greg Gutfield
        • The Alaskan Eskimos, Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-24
        • Warhammer 40,000
        • A Brief Illustrated Guide to Islam
        • A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night, The Dalai Lama
        • Adam’s Rib, Robert Graves
        • Crows and Ravens, Marzluff & Angell
        • Forest of Visions – Alex Polari de Alverga
        • Goddess Meditations
        • John Paul The Great, Peggy Noonan
        • Patterns in Comparative Religion , Mircea Eliade
        • Patterns In Comparative Religion, Mircae Eliade
        • Sacred and Profane Beauty: the Holy in Art, van der Leeun
        • Shamanism, Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy, Mircae Eliade
        • Shambhala – The Sacred Path of the Warrior
        • St Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury, Lionel Lewis
        • The Diamond – Thich Nhat Hahn
        • The Lost Books of the Bible, Bell Publishing
        • The Myth of the Great Secret, Toby Johnson
        • The Myths of the North American Indians, Lewis Spence
        • The Other Bible, Willis Barnstone
        • The Sacred Fire, B. Z. Goldberg
        • The Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky
        • The Serpent and the Goddess, Mary Condren
        • Woman Defamed and Woman Defended
        • Crow Planet, Lyanda Lynn Haupt
        • The Book of Job, The Anchor Bible
      • Books – Technology
        • Michael Cohen, “A Garden of Bristlecones”
        • Programming in Python
        • Scanning Negatives and Slides, Sascha Steinhoff
        • The Golden Ratio – Mario Livio
        • Windows Command-Line Administration
      • Philatily
        • Methuen Handbook of Color
    • Climate Change
      • A Conversation
      • Myths And Facts
      • The Coming Ice Age
    • Some Thoughts on Things Political
      • Trump and Putin Meeting 7/2018
      • The Housing Boom And Bust – Thomas Sowell
    • America and the Middle East
    • Timeline – The Origin of Israel
    • A Journey To Jerusalem
    • My Earliest Memories
    • The Shining City Upon A Hill, Ronald Reagan
    • Computing a Lifetime
    • The pussyfication of America
    • Stamp Sheet Inventory – Germany
  • St. Leo Class of 63
    • 1960 Year Book
    • 1961 Year Book
    • 1962 Year Book
    • 1963 Year Book
    • 50th Reunion
  • The Tao of La Due
    • Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
    • Daughter of Mine – John McDermott
    • Hard Working Man – Brooks and Dunn
    • I Won’t Back Down – Johnny Cash
    • Jesus Take The Wheel – Carrie Underwood
    • Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
    • Small Town Southern Man – Alan Jackson
    • Still in Saigon – Charlie Daniels Band
    • The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkle
    • The Hard Way Every Time – Jim Croce
    • Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly – Arron Tippin
  • Vietnam Memories
    • A General Chronology in Pictures
      • Nam – Page 2
      • Nam – Page 3
      • Nam – Page 4
      • Nam – Page 5, Gallery
    • How We Got There
    • U.S. Army Publications
      • U.S. Army
        • Tour 365 – My Copy
      • U.S. Army Vietnam
        • Uptight – 1969 Winter
        • Uptight – 1970 Fall
      • 1st Logistical Command
        • 1st Log – 1968 April
        • 1st Log – Early Undated
      • Saigon Support Command
        • Saigon Support Command – Autumn 1968
  • Decline & Fall

Pictures from 2017

 

04/08/2017 – Antiquing with Pat and Theresa

04/15/2017 – Easter with the Gormans

05/25/2017 – Trip to the Outer Banks

07/07/2017 – Alex and Grandchildren Visit

07/16/2017 – We make the annual trip to Connecticut to celebrate Joey’s birthday

08/05/2017 – Our Summer vacation in New Mexico

 

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