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Collected Item: “Surprise Birthday Driveby”

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Surprise Birthday Driveby

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Video and photographs of my Birthday drive by.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

It was my 64th Birthday and I was down and out on the couch with Corona Virus. I got a phoncall from my daughter asking me to go to the front window. I told her I could barely get off the couch and I had a fever. She told me to bring my phone and video tape my grandson skateboarding. He had just learned a few new tricks. So I managed to make it to the window and to my surprise horns started blowing and cars began driving by my front window. It was a Birthday drive by ! I was in shock. They truly fooled me ! At first I couldn't tell who all these people were but after they circled around a couple of times I began recognizing people. It was my family and friends. They came from as far as Los Angeles County. Even my 96 year old mother was there ! I truly felt love

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#Fullerton,#surprised#cars,#drive by,#tricked,#loved,#sick,#video

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Glenda Gonzales

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2020-08-17
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