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snowybirdie

(5,227 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2019, 11:26 AM Dec 2019

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On this day, 61 years ago

The Our Lady of the Angels fire happened. 92 children and nuns perished. A sad day in Chicago.

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On this day, 61 years ago (Original Post) snowybirdie Dec 2019 OP

i was only 4, but it really shook my mom. mopinko Dec 2019 #1

Wow I remember this happening. Srkdqltr Dec 2019 #2

mopinko

(70,112 posts)

1. i was only 4, but it really shook my mom.

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Sun Dec 1, 2019, 11:41 AM

Dec 2019

i can remember her tearing up talking about it years later.

Srkdqltr

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2. Wow I remember this happening.

Reply to snowybirdie (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2019, 12:21 PM

Dec 2019

I remember being spooked to go to school for a while. I went to a similar school in Detroit.

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