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Jan 18, 2025 - 5:01:21 PM
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for President of the United States. He was my father’s oldest brother. The family was very proud of him.

Jan 18, 2025 - 5:16:12 PM
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chuckv97

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Wow, John. I didn’t know you were of Dutch heritage yes,,, of course, so was Bill Monroe on his mother's side

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Jan 18, 2025 - 6:25:41 PM
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Wow, John. I didn’t know you were of Dutch heritage yes,,, of course, so was Bill Monroe on his mother's side


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Jan 18, 2025 - 6:36:04 PM

1395 posts since 10/23/2003

Your uncle did like old time music and banjoists.

 

He had the Coon Creek Girls come to his house to play for the King and Queen of England.

 

There are pictures of him in Warm Springs surrounded by fiddlers and banjoists and guitar pickers.

Edited by - writerrad on 01/18/2025 18:36:38

Jan 19, 2025 - 1:39:29 PM
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Your uncle did like old time music and banjoists.

 

He had the Coon Creek Girls come to his house to play for the King and Queen of England.

 

There are pictures of him in Warm Springs surrounded by fiddlers and banjoists and guitar pickers.


In the interest of transparency, I guess I should tell the whole story.

My Uncle Hansel (Hank) was a Navy Chief stationed in the Washington, DC area, probably at the Navy Yard in the city.  Because he was the same height and weight (don't know why that was particularly important) as Franklin Roosevelt, he was selected to stand in for the President-Elect at the dress rehearsal the day or two before the actual inauguration.  I have photos of the Washington newspaper laying around somewhere showing him taking the oath during the rehearsal.

We were proud of him anyway ..... although he wasn't the real president!

Jan 19, 2025 - 2:08:26 PM
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rinemb

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16865 posts since 5/24/2005

And, it’s not even April Fool’s Day. Still, a nice bit of family history, eh. Brad

Jan 19, 2025 - 8:42:12 PM

HarleyQ

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3620 posts since 1/31/2005

crying That's a good one John!!........at least he wasn't standing in for someone they were going to (HANG) the next day.yes

Jan 20, 2025 - 6:41:54 AM

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crying That's a good one John!!........at least he wasn't standing in for someone they were going to (HANG) the next day.yes


Yep ..... those dress rehearsals are tough!smiley

Jan 20, 2025 - 7:35:57 AM

4861 posts since 4/22/2018

That's a great story John!

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