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The Gifts of Our Fathers: My Father

June 26, 2021Irish Edition

By Barrie Maguire On Sunday, December 19, 1948, Philadelphia awoke to a blizzard. The heavy snow only added to the excitement as my father and I pushed our way through the old wooden turnstiles at Shibe Park. I was nine… Continue Reading →

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The Gifts of Our Fathers — By Marita Krivda Poxon

June 15, 2019Irish Edition

Growing up one of seven children in an old Victorian manse in Oak Lane Philadelphia, I had four older brothers who grounded my life. I looked up to them as just seeming to know everything. But my oldest brother was… Continue Reading →

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