The Family History Fair last Saturday at the American Memorial Park\u2019s Visitors Center gave its audience a fun and interactive experience that gave the elderly a chance to recount their experiences during World War II.<\/p>\n
The Family History Fair was created for the purpose of having an interactive experience with the elderly, with them telling stories of past experiences to a crowd of people.<\/p>\n
Valrick Welch, Project Traditional Technology project manager, said: \u201cIt was a very fun and interactive event tonight. We had some representative here, with one talking about the loss of his son. \u2026We were honestly hoping for a lot more [turnout but] that\u2019s just the nature of it. So we will keep holding more of these until someone else takes notice and tell others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Welch said the purpose of the fair is to get the youth to talk. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted more talking and sharing stories between the elders and the youth and we need to get these stories as soon as possible because elders won\u2019t be here for very long,\u201d he said. \u201cNext time we intend to have more people come out.\u201d<\/p>\n
One attendee, Patrick San Juan, said: \u201cI actually just stopped by to watch someone specifically tell a story but the others were pretty cool too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Preparations are already in place for another Family History Fair sometime around Memorial Day, featuring many of the man\u2019amko telling their wartime stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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