The Impact of Vietnam on Generation X Carry on, my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more... Kansas, 1976 The 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon was April 30. To mark the occassion, Netflix released...
World War I-Era Pictures of Medicine Park, Oklahoma and Settegast Park, Houston
Lost Generation | Medicine Park, Oklahoma This is third in a series of picture posts featuring pages from the WWI-era photo album I found at Mary’s Flea Market in Oklahoma City. This selection features historic images of Houston’s Settegast Park and Bath Lake in...
Vintage Galveston, Electric Park, Camp Bowie (1918) Photos in World War 1-Era Scrapbook
Vintage Galveston Vintage Galveston, Electric Park and Camp Bowie pictures are among the images I discovered in a rare World War I scrapbook in 2018. I purchased it at a local flea marketing in Oklahoma City. This is Part 2 in the blog post series highlighting these...
Lost Generation Pictures in Rare World War I Era Photo Album
The Lost Generation, b. 1883-1900 The Lost Generation was the 9th generation of Americans. Born between 1883 and 1900, they were defined as a Nomad generation by two prominent historians, the late William Strrauss, and Neil Howe. Generation X shares their archetype...
Filmmaker Looking for Teens in 1989 Film Featuring Children of Vietnam Vets
In 1989 filmmaker David Hoffman recorded a therapy session for Gen-Xers who shared stories about growing up with fathers who were Vietnam War veterans. The teenagers, all of whom appear to have been born in the late 1960s, were filmed at a church in St. Louis,...
1970s Pictures of Russian Children in the Soviet Union
I'm so happy to share with you some beautiful pictures of Russian children. The father-photographer took them in the 1970s in the former Soviet Union. With the death of President George Herbert Walker Bush on November 30, Mikhail Gorbachev has officially outlived...
Thanksgiving 1967: Family Sets A Place For “Our Sailor Boy Billy”
Thanksgiving 1967 Thanksgiving 1967, Billy's mom wrote a note and put it on the table next to her son's picture. It read, "The vacant chair for Billy, our sailor boy." Another note reads, "Thanksgiving to Huntleigh, 1967." These 35 mm slide images of Thanksgiving 1967...
Revealing Letter From Russian Gen-Xer on Latchkey, Soviet Childhood
Editor's Note: The following post was originally a comment about the Soviet childhood left on the Who Is Generation X page. I thought it offered a revealing and fascinating glimpse into life for Soviet and Russian youth and children who came of age during the 1970s to...
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Flannel (Parody)
When I am an old woman 👵🏻 I shall wear flannel with a Raspberry Beret that doesn't go, and has always suited me, and I shall spend my "entitlement" on Shasta sodas and fingerless gloves and Candie's 👡 sandals and say we've no money to spare for things made in China. I...
Pan Am Terrorist Attack: A Millennial Honors Syracuse Student Killed in 1988
Last year, I promised to write about each of the 35 Syracuse college students who died in the Pan Am terrorist attack on December 21, 1988. Unfortunately, life has a way of getting in the way of all my blogging plans! So, when I came across an essay by former Syracuse...
We Are Not The Lost Generation: The Gen X Essay That Went Viral Before We Said Things Went Viral
The following essay about Generation X, We Are Not A Lost Generation, was written during the late 1990s. It was first circulated via email and then later posted to numerous blogs and websites. The earliest record of it that I could find was a chat board where it was...
Daily Photo: Generation Amerasian Still Looking for Father
Sharing the history of Generation X, one photo, one day at a time. Click here to subscribe to the Daily Photo. If you would like to submit a special photo for possible publication, please email me, jenx1967 [at] gmail [dot] com. Many years ago -- probably 30 or more...