Grandad’s Story

My grandad was in the navy band. He played the trombone, and that's how he met my grandmom.

Ralph Crosby, A Life of Writing

A granddaughter interviews her grandfather about his lifelong love of writing.

The Backstory Of My Grandfather

During this interview I learned the way my grandfather grew up in Cuba. They way he came to America and how he married my grandmother were also mentioned. He was really happy to know that someone wanted to hear about...

Life of a former navy mom

A Navy family having to move every 4 years. A mother raising to boys on her own most of the time. Talking about the best places that she visited (Hawaii)

Veteran Interview with Glen Elliott

Mr. Elliott began his Naval career at the US Naval Academy. He was then selected to serve on our nation’s submarine force. He served for a total of 27 years.

Ben interviews his Pop Pop

Bennett B. Interviews his Pop Pop from Italy. The interview starts off with Pop pops life in Italy and slowly makes its way to present day. The story goes all the back to 1940 up to thanksgiving day 2019. The...

UMD Activation Academy: Sentinel Swamp

She is a UMD Alumna who graduated in 2017 in Environmental Science and Technology. She was born in Annapolis and currently lives in Baltimore, where she works at an environmental engineering firm. Her capstone project senior year was about Sentinel...

Maddie Zimmerman talks to her grandson Nicholas Menendez about her life growing up.

This interview was recorded on November 22, 2017, at the TGIF Fridays Restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland. I chose to record this interview with my grandmother, Maddie Zimmerman, because I wanted and still want to know a lot more about the...