Golden Gate Bridge
November 2018
Over Thanksgiving, Grandma and Grandpa came down to Springfield to celebrate Thanksgiving and an early Christmas with us. I was talking to Grandpa about my upcoming trip to California I was planning for my Christmas break. I had never been to California before and I told him how excited I was to go to San Fransisco and drive across the Golden Gate Bridge. Grandpa told me that not only had he been across the bridge but he had also been under it as well. He proceeded to explain that he came back from the Korean War on a troop ship that went under the Golden Gate Bridge en route to get back home.
The next month when I was driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, I looked down at the water and couldn't stop thinking about my Grandfather (at the time being younger than I am now) finally coming home under the bridge on a ship from the experiences his last year brought him. I can't even imagine the thoughts and feelings he felt when finally seeing the bridge that lead him back home after serving his country on the front lines at such a young age.