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A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey QUOTES

A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey QUOTES

1 " All of our ancestors give us the precious gift of life. Do we use it wisely? Do we use it well? Do we make a name for ourselves and for our children of which we can be proud? "

― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

2 " Some of us are given more time on this Earth than others, but none of us should ever take the gift of life for granted. If we strive to be the best we can be, committing ourselves to what is right and true, while helping others along the way, then we will leave our own story worth the telling and be a shining example for our children and our grandchildren and all those great, great, great, great grandchildren in those far off times to come. "

― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

3 " Ultimately, the great truths of family history don't live in any book. They live in the hearts and minds of the living descendants. They live in the way we conduct our lives, in the passing of traditions and values to those who will follow. "

― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

4 " Every succeeding generation has the opportunity to heal the wounds of the past. "

― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

5 " All of us are part of a beautiful pageantry of human experience. Let us make the most of this life in all we do. "

― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey