See new testimonies below: Eight new testimonies from David Stadelhofer, Hil Llanto, Maryse Gallagher, Susana Ginze, Stan Paczynski, Sam Harley and Robert Brown
“We were there” is a site dedicated to record the experiences of the first generation on the front line and attending True Parents. This site is a repository of stories and photos and is a gift to the second generation and all future generations. We encourage all brothers and sisters to share your own special stories, testimonies, or memories with the world so these treasures won’t be lost. Please send in your written, audio, or video stories and photos. In the menu above, click on Share your story page to share your testimony or email it to testimoonies@gmail.com.
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Gangs running wild at Yankee Stadium
By Robert Brown Yankee Stadium Rally, June 1, 1976 Many of us MFTers spent the night inside the Yankee Stadium hallways the night before True Father’s Yankee Stadium rally. Our job was to secure the place so no one came in planting bombs or to prepare an ambush. We...
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Yankee Stadium, God loves all America
by Gary Abrahams August 31 After spending a year in Japan and Korea all of the American's on the First Global Team were sent back to America in order to prepare a foundation for The Yankee Stadium "God Bless America Rally". We were sent to Barrytown and to an...
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21 City Tour in Atlanta, Georgia
by Trevor Brown August 21, 2016 As young members, we went to campaign in Atlanta before the 21 city tour event in 1973. We went witnessing in the city center before the IOWC members arrived, and it was really tough. We had to sell the tickets for all three nights. We...
read moreWe made an introductory video for our local “We were there” chapter in Los Angeles. Several members have shared their deep experiences in the movement.
In the video are Jose Fragosa, Caroline Cecile, Robert Brown, Hil Llanto, Susana Ginze and Sam Harley.