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Richard Beckermeyer / Jerry Habraken / EchoSight / The Atlantic

Richard Beckermeyer / Jerry Habraken / EchoSight / The Atlantic

My Grandfather's American Dream

Rich Beckermeyer October 13, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Atlantic magazine's American Dream collaboration with EchoSight. Below is a paragraph I was able to include about my grandfather:

“Growing up in Puerto Rico, my grandfather didn’t have many options for work. After being drafted during the Korean War and serving at a Chicago hospital, mi abuelo worked many blue-collar jobs to support his wife and four children. Taxi driver, factory worker, and medical technician are just a few of the titles he held. Now he is forgetting his American Dream because of the dementia he suffers.”
Tags american dream, dementia, chicago, puerto rico, korean war, echosight, the atlantic magazine, blue collar
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