Capturing Memorable Moments

What are your generation's memorable moments?

I would say the date known at 9/11 is a memorable one for me, mostly because it changed the emotional landscape of the United States.  I was living in northern New York at the time, at my first job at a small college, after receiving my doctoral degree.  My family was a six hour drive away, and my brother John was flying from Boston to Florida on business.  His plane was missing for twelve hours, and we were out of contact with him until the next day, when we heard it had been rerouted to Colorado.

That made me want to return to New England, and be closer to my large, extended family.

Another memorable moment was the election of President Barack Obama.  I was working on his campaign in Maine.   As the first African American president, also smart, charismatic, fairly young, and dedicated to many of my ideals, it seems a promising time for a new America.  Well, change takes time....

What is America?

In his photo essay on 220 - 221, Jesse Gordon asks people, What is America? 
Compare with your own survey:  What is Slovenia?
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Coming to Terms with Place

For this week, our theme is Coming to Terms with  Place.  I'll invite each student to post a comment about what place means to him or her, or some other response to part of the week's reading.  If you can, include a photo.

I'll begin:

  When talking about place here, so far away from my home, I'm reminded of geography.  I come from Maine, the northeast tip of the U.S.  It's a rural environment, near small mountains and sea.  But really place for me evokes my family - five brothers and a sister - plus two healthy parents.  My childhood home is always the place of my dreams - so it must inhabit me.