My grandparents and great grandparents refused to turn in their gold under FDR. They were from Russia and knew how that government confiscation agenda works. From what they said you could get in a lot of trouble if you were found to possess gold. I never knew what the penalty actually was for possession of gold. They left Russia when they started confiscating guns from the people prior to the Revolution. That is when my great grandfather said it was time to get the hell out. Once the people were disarmed it was easy for the Communists to overrun the country.
interesting heritage, they got to safety, and kept their gold!
one of my past friends had an aunt who kept 1 gold piece in pristine condition, and I think the $20 gold piece got valued numismatically as a rare date for $50,000
It's awesome that coin was valued at that price even after factoring in devaluation of currency.
It wasn't easy for them to get out of Russia and come to the US. They came by way of Ellis Island out of Latvia by ship. I have a picture of the vessel they took to cross the Atlantic. They had to grease a lot of palms to make that trip. My great grandmother almost wasn't allowed into the US. She was close to being legally blind - could barely see anything that wasn't right in front of her face. Back then immigrants had to pass a health check besides having a sponsor. My great grandfather said that if one of them couldn't get in, then none of them would. He paid off one of the health workers and they approved by great grandmother for entry. This was my mother's mother's side of the family. My grandfather also came from Russia about the same time frame but he came by way of Canada. He actually entered the US on his brother's visa. So I guess you could call him a snowback. Both my grandparents became American citizens. My grandfather cried the day he got his citizenship and no one ever saw him cry.
When FDR started with the gold confiscation my family was like... we've seen this before. So they refused to comply. My grandfather always told us, never let them take your guns. We were educated on the evils of Communism at a young age.
Yes sadly, that is true. They also told us about the people that were left behind that would not listen - the normies that didn't even dream things could get that bad. Most of them didn't survive the first WW or Stalin's gulags and famines. That's why I can relate to people like Rubio. He also understands the Communists and what evil they bring. But there are those in every generation that have to learn those lessons the hard way. But I am not one of them as I think most on this forum are not either. We know evil when we see it raise it's ugly head. Thank God we still have our guns.
My grandparents and great grandparents refused to turn in their gold under FDR. They were from Russia and knew how that government confiscation agenda works. From what they said you could get in a lot of trouble if you were found to possess gold. I never knew what the penalty actually was for possession of gold. They left Russia when they started confiscating guns from the people prior to the Revolution. That is when my great grandfather said it was time to get the hell out. Once the people were disarmed it was easy for the Communists to overrun the country.
interesting heritage, they got to safety, and kept their gold!
one of my past friends had an aunt who kept 1 gold piece in pristine condition, and I think the $20 gold piece got valued numismatically as a rare date for $50,000
It's awesome that coin was valued at that price even after factoring in devaluation of currency.
It wasn't easy for them to get out of Russia and come to the US. They came by way of Ellis Island out of Latvia by ship. I have a picture of the vessel they took to cross the Atlantic. They had to grease a lot of palms to make that trip. My great grandmother almost wasn't allowed into the US. She was close to being legally blind - could barely see anything that wasn't right in front of her face. Back then immigrants had to pass a health check besides having a sponsor. My great grandfather said that if one of them couldn't get in, then none of them would. He paid off one of the health workers and they approved by great grandmother for entry. This was my mother's mother's side of the family. My grandfather also came from Russia about the same time frame but he came by way of Canada. He actually entered the US on his brother's visa. So I guess you could call him a snowback. Both my grandparents became American citizens. My grandfather cried the day he got his citizenship and no one ever saw him cry.
When FDR started with the gold confiscation my family was like... we've seen this before. So they refused to comply. My grandfather always told us, never let them take your guns. We were educated on the evils of Communism at a young age.
quite a family history! they had senses that our era is having to learn and apply with political and health deceptions
Yes sadly, that is true. They also told us about the people that were left behind that would not listen - the normies that didn't even dream things could get that bad. Most of them didn't survive the first WW or Stalin's gulags and famines. That's why I can relate to people like Rubio. He also understands the Communists and what evil they bring. But there are those in every generation that have to learn those lessons the hard way. But I am not one of them as I think most on this forum are not either. We know evil when we see it raise it's ugly head. Thank God we still have our guns.