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<blockquote data-quote="afups" data-source="post: 79552" data-attributes="member: 75"><p>My Father and Mother, both French, were both from Canda. They moved to Vermont, married and moved to Massachusetts and finally to Hartford Connecticut. We lived in a part of town called "Frog Hollow" for a few years. Everyone there spoke french and we attended a french school. All was well. Later on we moved into a project built for factory workers during WWII. Then we were living in a mixed neighborhood with half the project across the river, housing black people and the other half on the north side of the river a hodgepodge of nationalities all white.</p><p></p><p>My parents worked in Pratt Whitney which built aircraft engines for the war.</p><p>The "Yankees" in the neighborhood used to holler and rant all the time telling us to go back home so the out-of-work "Yankees" could get jobs again. Prejudice came mainly from the Irish and those unemployed native Nutmegers who hadn't had a good job in a long time. We had a few rocks donated to the family which were delivered thru our bedroom windows a few times. Times were tough but somehow all the kids grew up and we all moved away from all that despite the fact that our resumes and job applications in those earlier years reflected our heritage. </p><p></p><p>Inside, we were always proud we were French and from Canada but most of all because we were Americans. That is what sustained us.</p><p></p><p>Strange, the older I get, the more I think about the old days. Does that mean my life has started to flash by and I'd better be buying a plot???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="afups, post: 79552, member: 75"] My Father and Mother, both French, were both from Canda. They moved to Vermont, married and moved to Massachusetts and finally to Hartford Connecticut. We lived in a part of town called "Frog Hollow" for a few years. Everyone there spoke french and we attended a french school. All was well. Later on we moved into a project built for factory workers during WWII. Then we were living in a mixed neighborhood with half the project across the river, housing black people and the other half on the north side of the river a hodgepodge of nationalities all white. My parents worked in Pratt Whitney which built aircraft engines for the war. The "Yankees" in the neighborhood used to holler and rant all the time telling us to go back home so the out-of-work "Yankees" could get jobs again. Prejudice came mainly from the Irish and those unemployed native Nutmegers who hadn't had a good job in a long time. We had a few rocks donated to the family which were delivered thru our bedroom windows a few times. Times were tough but somehow all the kids grew up and we all moved away from all that despite the fact that our resumes and job applications in those earlier years reflected our heritage. Inside, we were always proud we were French and from Canada but most of all because we were Americans. That is what sustained us. Strange, the older I get, the more I think about the old days. Does that mean my life has started to flash by and I'd better be buying a plot??? [/QUOTE]
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