This story of today is one that I have found out a while ago. I was reasons that I didn't share but now I feel like I can.
A per tradition, we must talk about this month's movie first. So, let's talk about Annie.
If you have not heard about the plot of this movie by now, you have been living under a rock! This is the story about a little orphan girl, who does not believe that she is an orphan, who finds her family in a peculiar way. She is trying to leave the orphanage one day near Christmas to go and find her real parents. The clues she has are have a locket necklace and a note saying that they were going to come back to get her one day. Once the police return her to the custody of the evil Ms. Hanagan, the secretary of Millionaire Oliver Warbucks comes to pick a child to spend Christmas in his home. Annie is introduced to a whole new world of how people but also to what it's like to have a family. Mr. Warbucks tells her that he wants to adopt her but Annie refuses because she is waiting for her parents to come back home. Mr. Warbucks starts the search for her parents. However, the search is met with many impersonators who are out for the $50,000 award to the parents of Annie. One of those scoundrels being Ms. Hanagan.
Now, I know that some might be mad that not only did I not pick the original but I also didn't pick the newest one. I know but Honestly, this is the first movie I experienced this story with. This is also the only movie that I could pick out Kathy Bates and Victor Gardner out from for a very long time. Watching this movie again and seeing so many other stars names in this movie I was shocked I could not pick them out from here either. However, I love this movie because it shows that everyone can have more than enough room for family. I also love that Mr. Warbucks was willing to give up Annie and help her find her parents even if it broke his heart. It's a sweet story and it one of my favorite childhood movies to watch growing up.
Now let's talk about my 5 time great grandfather, on my mom's side, Alexander Kennedy.
Alexander is someone who really did help to influence the history of our country. However, it's not going to be in the way that you think. Alexander is from Moore County, North Carolina. Actually, he was there to help give the county it's name. Alexander, and his son David, operated a gun factory that made guns to Revolutionary War soldiers. I mean out independence was fought from the soldiers that dared rise up to conquer it. There are many different types of fight in the art of war. There is the use of words, politics, books, and weapons. Even the weapons were varied when it came to the fighting but guns were one of the most prominent. I have known for a while about dad telling me about some people he found during the Revolutionary War. I have also said on here that I was not sure about what to find on mom's side of things. However, finding that my grandfather was one of the top names in producing guns during the time our country fought for our initial freedom was not on my Bingo card. Not only that but members of my dad's side of the family could have fought using a gun that was produced by a member of my mom's side of the family is amazing. I guess you never know how entwined everyone really is with each other until you see something like this.
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