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Eleanor Romano

Pittsburgh, PA · Born 1937

“These are my memories — the moments that made me who I am. I’m sharing them so that even after I’m gone, you can still hear my voice.”

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Sarah Chen

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Michael Romano

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Linda Romano

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James Romano

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The Summer We Learned to Dance

A warm July evening in 1962 when your father taught you the foxtrot on the back porch, and the whole neighborhood came out to watch.

1962Cincinnati, Ohio2 min read
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The Summer We Learned to Dance

A warm July evening in 1962 when your father taught you the foxtrot on the back porch, and the whole neighborhood came out to watch.

1962Cincinnati, Ohio2 min
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The Day the War Ended

August 1945. You were eight years old, and the whole street erupted in joy when the news came through the radio.

1945Brooklyn, New York2 min
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First Day at the Steel Mill

September 1955 — nervous and eighteen years old, you walked into the Pittsburgh mill and found not just a job, but a brotherhood.

1955Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2 min
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The Christmas We Had Nothing

1949. No gifts under the tree, but your mother made a feast from almost nothing, and it became the Christmas everyone talks about.

1949South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2 min
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