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AncientFaces
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05/20/2024
Remembering Gordon Madison Hatcher
Hatcher served in the US Army during the Korean War and tragically was declared MIA in North Korea and presumed dead. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
AncientFaces
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05/20/2024
US Civil War
Memorial Day originated after the Civil War when people decorated soldiers' graves with flowers. Originally called Decoration Day, it became a federal holiday in 1971.
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05/20/2024
Honoring Jimmie and Gloria Cozart
Sharman shares this photo of her parents' gravesite on Memorial Day 2012 that their eldest granddaughter Theora Cozart decorates every holiday.
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AncientFaces
369k+ followers 400 favorites
03/28/2023
Memories of a brother
"Thank you, AncientFaces team -- without you, the memories would die and there would only be a simple stone in a cemetery informing the world of absolutely nothing. Thank you for the chance to give my brother a little hope for immortality in the digital age."
AncientFaces
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04/20/2023
Lost & Found photos reunited with family
Orphan photos from antique stores, shoeboxes & family albums without names. We rescue photos and share them in 'Lost & Found' to reunite these treasures with their families. Discover photos of family you never knew existed thanks to the kindness of strangers.
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AncientFaces
369k+ followers 400 favorites
08/07/2023
Remembered as beautiful inside & out
A beauty queen, Special Olympics volunteer, & teacher at an elementary school, her life was taken from her in 1986. Randy remembers his girlfriend Lynnie and finds sharing in some ways therapeutic. Marsha remembers Lynn as her high school friend, and Cindy remembers working with Lynn at the Seaside Pharmacy soda fountain in 1968.
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08/07/2023
WW2 Moment captured on film
David shared this WW2 photo of his father and the B-17 Blue Dreams Crew. He only had his father's name, and over time 5 other men have been identified by 5 separate families. These strangers who became a band of brothers in WW2, unites their families even today.