SeventySomething.Org is dedicated to the American 70-plus generation, people born in the 1920s and 1930s. It includes:
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The World War II generation and the Korean Conflict.generation
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The flappers of the 1920s
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The Americans who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and in the , the Works Project Administration (WPA).
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The Americans who survived America's Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
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The sports fans who followed the Yankees' Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
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The Americans who lived under the administrations of Warren Harding, Calvin Cooledge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
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The generation that remembers polio as an epidemic disease that America was able to conquer.
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Millions of us who are in the twilight of our generation.
Many Americans of the 1920s Have Already Said Goodbye
Many Americans born in the 1920s and 1930s have already said goodbye, victims of The Depression, fires, World War II, smoking, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, the Korean Conflict, polio, snipers, accidents, terrorists, Vietnam, cancer, circulatory and respiratory disorders, influenza, diabetes, Alzheimer's and dozens of other threats to mind and body. And then was the Dust Bowl wreaking havoc on a huge area of the nation in the 1930s.
Consequently people in their 70s and 80s currently represent a small percentage of the population. But there is much life left in many of us who are still around, so we'll concentrate primarily on ways this generation can enjoy itself and contribute to society.
Opportunities in the Twilight of our Geneation
We'll also try to provide some perspective on the years, challenges and opportunities still ahead of us in the twilight of our generation. That will include a unique gateway to Web sites that focus on events of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and to the challenges and opportunities we currently face.
