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1922: Narrative //I’m a middle school aged girl writing to my grandma who stayed behind in France when my parents moved my family to Charlotte, NC 6 years ago.// Hey Grandma,

It’s been a long, eventful year. The Conference of Cannes was held this year to determine what Germany has to pay back to the rest of the world for causing World War 1. OH! And that disease, diabetes I think it what they call it, has a new treatment. Some young boy in Canada got injected with insulin for the first time. Apparently it helped him. Ireland got its own free state. They also got their constitution this year. Good for them. There’s a new magazine out, //Reader’s Digest//. I don’t see it making it too long though. Have you heard of America’s Football League? It’s a confusing game or I’d try to explain it. But they renamed it! The league is now called the National Football Association. I don’t know why they renamed it, but it sounds better now.

America has radio now! The White House has it! I think it’s interesting how the voices can come across the stations. There’s a guy, Ed Wynn, who gets on the radio and entertains. He’s my favorite. We even had a radio conference this year. Herbert Hoover hosted it. I listened to it on the new Charlotte radio station! Do you have radio in France?

I heard Stalin took over the communist party. Is that affecting you in France? He seems scary from what I understand about him. There are a lot of scary people in the rest of the world. Hitler seems scary too. I heard he spoke to a lot of people this year, And Lenin, he seems kind of scary too. There’s another guy...Mussolini. He’s in Italy now I think. His name sounds scary in itself. I hope France doesn’t get some crazy guy. I want you to be okay!

Did you hear about our women’s rights? The Supreme Court upheld the 19th amendment this year. That amendment let the women vote. Momma can vote now! How cool is that? We had a woman in the Senate this year too! Her name was Rebecca Felton I think. She came in office in October. We also had a cool lady named Annie Oakley make a name for herself by shooting guns. Can you believe it? She’s famous because she can shoot a gun! She broke the world record this year by shooting 100 clay targets in a row! That’s so many. I wish I could do that!

Have water skis made it to France yet? That’s a new thing that was tested this year. Ralph Samuelson rode the very first water skis. I wonder if he did well. From what I understand, you stand on some wooden poles in the water behind a boat. It sounds hard, but he did a good job at it I think.

Washington got a new memorial. Do you remember Abraham Lincoln? I don’t know if you would have remembered him or not. He got his own memorial this year. It’s big. It looks like a Greek building, with columns and stuff on it.

We got another new sport this year! Baseball became an official sport now. The courts decided that. We have a great ball player for the Yankees, Babe Ruth. I don’t really like the Yankees, but I like Babe Ruth. I hear he’s really good! Maybe he’ll break some records in his life.

Daddy’s calling me to come eat now, so I have to go. I hope everything is going well in France. Maybe if we save up money we’ll come visit! We’re doing so well after the war. Don’t let France get sucked into the USSR before we come! 14 other countries did this year!

Love you Grandma!!

-Mary Margaret