family legends
What are some of yours?
One of ours involves the 1959 epic, Ben Hur.
You know the story. It involves the life of the fictional Judah Ben Hur, a Prince of the Jews in 1st century Judea.
On February 15, 1960, my father, who was then a teacher, took his students to see the movie. My very pregnant mother accompanied him.
My parents joked that the baby should be born in the theater, and if it were a boy they'd name him Ben Hur.
Of course, it didn't happen. I was born 3 days later.
But the movie was magnificent, wasn't it?
Here's the chariot race:
One of ours involves the 1959 epic, Ben Hur.
You know the story. It involves the life of the fictional Judah Ben Hur, a Prince of the Jews in 1st century Judea.
On February 15, 1960, my father, who was then a teacher, took his students to see the movie. My very pregnant mother accompanied him.
My parents joked that the baby should be born in the theater, and if it were a boy they'd name him Ben Hur.
Of course, it didn't happen. I was born 3 days later.
But the movie was magnificent, wasn't it?
Here's the chariot race:
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