PAM AT THE BEACH

HEY I MADE IT!



PAM

Images of Mom and Dad

For some reason I was unable to post both images in the edited blog. Here they are here:

Benjamin Thomas and Lucille W. Thomas

Benjamin & Lucille W. Thomas: A New Beginning

Today I received a phone call from Barbara Rutledge and Pamela White. Barbara figured out how to do a "three-way" call, so we were all holding court. As the family historian, Barbara was full of wisdom she recalled from our parents Lucille W. Thomas (Cradle) August 28, 1924 to 1992 and Benjamin Thomas April 6, 1919 to 1988.

She also wanted to make sure we did not forget her birthday on November 30th when she turns 62 and proud of it.

Well, we agreed to set a date and time to launch a new annual tradition in Columbus, Ohio at the home of our birth at 2278 Union Avenue ( google earth map of house).

So, this BLOG is dedicated to a new beginning marked by the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America who also happens to be BLACK !

We agreed to the following modest tasks:

1. Establish this blog for ongoing communication and sharing of ideas and images

2. Conduct a conference call on November 30th to celebrate Barbara's 62nd birthday

3. Attend the inauguration of President Obama in Washington, DC and plan to get together

4. Plan a new summer tradition at 2278 Union Ave. designed to collect oral histories from family members.

5. Plan a sojourn trip to Calvert, Texas the birthplace of our father as one way to honor him and to never forget how the path to freedom is long and twisted, but it bends toward justice.

That is it for now. Now we begin...

Stephen Bernard Thomas

Pittsburgh, PA