Colorado Broadcast Hall of Fame - My Grandad

[Hoosier]

Good stuff! My grandfathers name is on one of the plaques on the Eisenhower Tunnel. I bet my grandfather watched your grandfather deliver the weather.

H.

[ronaldrwl]

Very nice, congratulations.

[Irving]

A few years ago when my cousin's great aunt died, we found out that she was the first ever queen of the Parade of Lights.

[ghettodub]

I've been digging a lot in to my family history as of late, and have been finding cool weird stuff like that too. On my dad's side of the family, i've gone back almost 2000 years. Only about 900 years on my mom's side.

And Hoosier, I'm sure he did, or anyone that's in their 50s, etc. He was pretty big news back in the day. How is your grandad's name on the tunnel? did he help build, etc.?

[Hoosier]

And Hoosier, I'm sure he did, or anyone that's in their 50s, etc. He was pretty big news back in the day. How is your grandad's name on the tunnel? did he help build, etc.?

Probable that my Dad saw it too, he lived in Denver until the 60's.

My grandfather worked for what was then the Colorado Dept. of Highways for many years. He helped design it, the only thing I remember him telling me about it was that there's a slight curve in it because a jackhammer got wedged into the rock and they couldn't get it out. They torched through most of the jackhammer but left some of it embedded into the wall.

Very neat that you got your grandfather accepted into the hall of fame!

H.

[Irving]

I think those same cousin's also have a grandpa with his name on the Johnson tunnel as one of the builders.

[Marlin]

I bet my grandfather watched your grandfather deliver the weather.

H.

Hell Hoosier, I watched him do the weather...

[GlockDog47]

Right on ....Congrads

[theGinsue]

Job well done.

I regret not having a relationship at all with my maternal grandfather (he lived in Napa Valley and died of cancer when I was in the third grade). He is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He retired a LtCol but had worked for and met on many occasions General Douglas McArthur. I'll bet I could have learned a great deal from him and heard many a fascinating story if I had been given a chance.

My paternal grandfather died 2 days before I graduated from high school. While I did have a bit of a relationship with him, he was a hard man and didn't share much of his background with me. I did learn basic residential wiring and plumbing skills from him though. I do know that he was the lead electrical inspector of the Kansas City, Kansas B-25 Bomber plant. Unless HE said the plane was good to go, it didn't get to leave the plant.

While he was medically disqualified from ever serving in the military, he always had a fascination for military paraphanilia (probably wherre I picked it up). When he passed away my fathr, an only child, inherited my grandfathers firearms collection which was quite numberous. Specifically, he like to collect was M1's and M1 Carbines. He had at least one rifle from each of the plants that manufactured these rifles and tried to have every variant of each one that was produced (I don't know if he succeeded in that goal). I don't know exactly what happened to all of those rifles but I believe that through the years my dad has sold them - what a shame.

[Troublco]

Very cool!

It's always nice to know some family history, what contributions family members have made and what they did. It's really great that you were able to get him that recognition. A lot of people wouldn't have taken the time. Congratulations!