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5. My grandfather's birthday was July 4th too!

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Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:09 PM

Jul 2017

He came from Hungary, and started out as a tailor here. Then he and my grandmother (also Hungarian) opened a little corner grocery. My grandma killed and dressed chickens, too, and butchered the meat, and rolled out strudel on the kitchen table till it was paper thin.

They were proud to be Americans, even if their English was pretty broken.

So we're linked, in more ways than sharing grandparents' July 4 birthdays: yesterday I made my grandmother's Hungarian cabbage noodles, because I had a big head of cabbage from a **CSA farm that is outside of Chicago!** Maybe it was on land your grandmother used to farm!

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*July 4, 1894...My grandmother's birthday* [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 OP

She sounds a lot like both of my grandmothers. Amazing women. femmocrat Jul 2017 #1

They sure were amazing, my dear femmocrat! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #3

I will salute your grandmother also. She persisted..n/t monmouth4 Jul 2017 #2

Thank you so much, my dear monmouth4. She did indeed persist! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #4

My grandfather's birthday was July 4th too! frazzled Jul 2017 #5

Wouldn't that be cool, if it was the same farmland? Wow. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #6

. irisblue Jul 2017 #7

Thank you, my dear irisblue... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #8

Hi Peggy! mvd Jul 2017 #9

My dear mvd! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #10

my granny's DiverDave Jul 2017 #11

My dear DiverDave... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #12

Beautiful--I love these stories. panader0 Jul 2017 #13

I love them too, my dear panader0! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #14

My Dear CaliforniaPeggy.... Coventina Jul 2017 #15

And thank you for reading it, my dear Coventina! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #19

Nice malaise Jul 2017 #16

Thank you, my dear malaise...........n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #20

As an immigrant first generation tavernier Jul 2017 #17

Thank you so much, my dear tavernier! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #21

They always left something tavernier Jul 2017 #23

I have no doubt she would be extremely proud of her granddaughter. lpbk2713 Jul 2017 #18

My dear lpbk2713! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #22

Happy Birthday, to you Grandmother. NYResister Jul 2017 #24

Thank you so much, NYResister! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #27

Thanks for this lovely posting, Peggy eleny Jul 2017 #25

You're welcome, my dear eleny... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #26

My maternal grandmother was also born on July 4th. 1899. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #28

Thank you for your inspiring story, my dear 3catwoman3! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #30

I've been a nurse practitioner since 1976. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #32

This is an awesome story - thanks for sharing FakeNoose Jul 2017 #29

Thanks for reading my post, my dear FakeNoose... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2017 #31