Emily Cranfill was born into a two-parent house in a small town from Indiana; most would say she comes from very humble beginnings. Emily though would say she comes from much more than that, that she has a legacy and connections that reach back many years and into the lives of many different people. In interviewing Emily those were a couple of words that came up often and seemed to have a great deal of importance in her life, the legacy of which she came from, the connections to various people, everyone of which played an impact on her life. These type of ideals even played into what she is majoring in, which is History, and it could easily be said these various ideals definitely helped shape Emily into the person she is today. One of the
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Emily says that from a young age she always had an interest in history, one of her favorite figures being Abraham Lincoln. Ironically Emily said that she is actually related to one Abraham Lincoln through marriage. One of Emily’s main beliefs about the study of history is a common one in that people who do not realize the past and the events that happened and the connected outcomes are doomed to fall in to similar traps of failure. When asked about what she believed has been the biggest historical event in her life that had the most impact on her, she said that would be 9/11. When talking about the events she believed the fallout for the children of this era was unjust because it forced a group of kids to grow up and be more mature, never truly allowing them to be children. An interesting part her story on 9/11 was how she was the first to find out about what happened in her family and to tell her mother. Now of course this would be tough for any kid to take in but the point of this story wasn’t about what actually happened, but the weird connection this had with her family. See just like how Emily was the first to find out about 9/11, her mom was the first to find out about JFK’s assassination when she was a kid and told her mom, and her grandfather found out about Pearl Harbor on the radio before anyone else in her family when he was a kid This just goes to show connections arise even in the most odd of
Emily says that from a young age she always had an interest in history, one of her favorite figures being Abraham Lincoln. Ironically Emily said that she is actually related to one Abraham Lincoln through marriage. One of Emily’s main beliefs about the study of history is a common one in that people who do not realize the past and the events that happened and the connected outcomes are doomed to fall in to similar traps of failure. When asked about what she believed has been the biggest historical event in her life that had the most impact on her, she said that would be 9/11. When talking about the events she believed the fallout for the children of this era was unjust because it forced a group of kids to grow up and be more mature, never truly allowing them to be children. An interesting part her story on 9/11 was how she was the first to find out about what happened in her family and to tell her mother. Now of course this would be tough for any kid to take in but the point of this story wasn’t about what actually happened, but the weird connection this had with her family. See just like how Emily was the first to find out about 9/11, her mom was the first to find out about JFK’s assassination when she was a kid and told her mom, and her grandfather found out about Pearl Harbor on the radio before anyone else in her family when he was a kid This just goes to show connections arise even in the most odd of