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Military Kids Go to Camp

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, July 11, 2007.

It’s summertime and kids are splashing in the water, shooting basketballs, tying lanyards and developing crushes at camps around the country.

That includes children with parents or family members currently serving in the military.

For the past few years, the National Military Family Association has run what are called Operation Purple Camps.

The free, week-long sessions are designed to get kids away from the pressures of their daily lives, and a chance to confront those same pressures.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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StoryCorps: Gwen Gerhard

By Andrew Parrella on Wednesday, July 11, 2007.

Gwen Gerhard from Merrimack tells her daughter Katrina Boyajian about how their Swedish ancestors arrived in the U.S. via India.

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