100 Days

Today, 10 Apr 2017, is the 100th blog post I have done in 2017. Now only 265 more to meet my goal of one post every day throughout the year of 2017.

Thinking about the number 100, I realized that all of my direct line ancestors were born more than 100 years ago. My father was born 110 years ago and my mother 105, and of course all of their parents and grandparents were born before that. One of my great-grandfathers was probably born over 200 years ago as his birthdate is estimated to be 1815.

One hundred also makes me remember that it was 100 years ago this month that the United States entered "the Great War" now known as World War I. For the next few days I want to remember some of my relatives who served and at least one who died during that conflict.

Headline from 6 Apr 1917