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Meagan Finneran

Apr 18, 2024

Too Late for Cherry Blossoms?

I’m going back to DC next week with three goals in mind. One – learn from the Library of Congress Preservation Directorate how to preserve, archive and share the historical documents and photos I’m in possession of. Two – A deep-dive in the Geography & Map Corridor of the library. Three – Research FBI files […]
Meagan Finneran

Apr 17, 2024

Silence, Patience, Brilliancy…

Here is just a short list of notable events happening in America in 1953 when Grams was graduating as the valedictorian of Morris High School in the Bronx (Thank you, Wikipedia). At this point in her life, she had survived the kind of traumatic childhood that is to be expected with war refugees and extreme […]
Meagan Finneran

Apr 8, 2024

Coming Soon…I’m on a mission to find Irene’s origin story.

Irene DuJat (Grandma, Grams, Grammy…)was a badass. When I close my eyes and think of her she’s in the backyard on the water in Hudson, Florida catching lizards for her grandkids – wearing a sweatband, her strong bronzed up arms in a tank top, on her hands and knees in the bushes, with a dishtowel. […]