Robert Lighthizer
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He fought at Trenton. He was at Valley Forge, this guy. At Princeton, he was on the line with two of his kids, who were quite young, all three of them on the line together. He got out after three years. Of course, by this point, I don't know what he would have been, maybe 48, which was an old, old person. The kids stayed on and fought all the way through to Yorktown.
So fast forward multiple generations, and it's a whole lot fewer generations than you think. I'll mention that because it's sort of a quirky thing unrelated to what we're talking about, but sort of interesting. But You find my father and his brother after that hundred and two hundred and some years of here were the first ones to go to college.
So fast forward multiple generations, and it's a whole lot fewer generations than you think. I'll mention that because it's sort of a quirky thing unrelated to what we're talking about, but sort of interesting. But You find my father and his brother after that hundred and two hundred and some years of here were the first ones to go to college.
So fast forward multiple generations, and it's a whole lot fewer generations than you think. I'll mention that because it's sort of a quirky thing unrelated to what we're talking about, but sort of interesting. But You find my father and his brother after that hundred and two hundred and some years of here were the first ones to go to college.
And both of them went to college and ultimately to medical school. My father graduated from college at 29, having worked in the steel mills, you know, before he went to college and then finally ended up graduating the University of West Virginia and then NYU Medical School. So it was like the American dream. How did he wind up in the town? In Ashtabula?
And both of them went to college and ultimately to medical school. My father graduated from college at 29, having worked in the steel mills, you know, before he went to college and then finally ended up graduating the University of West Virginia and then NYU Medical School. So it was like the American dream. How did he wind up in the town? In Ashtabula?
And both of them went to college and ultimately to medical school. My father graduated from college at 29, having worked in the steel mills, you know, before he went to college and then finally ended up graduating the University of West Virginia and then NYU Medical School. So it was like the American dream. How did he wind up in the town? In Ashtabula?
You know, he was... They were from Ohio. They were from the other side of Ohio. I think he knew some people in Ashtabula. This would have been... you know, in the mid-30s, right, 1930s. But in terms of this, it's just a quirky thing. So my grandfather's grandfather, all right? No, I never knew my grandfather on my father's side. My grandfather's grandfather fought in the Battle of Baltimore.
You know, he was... They were from Ohio. They were from the other side of Ohio. I think he knew some people in Ashtabula. This would have been... you know, in the mid-30s, right, 1930s. But in terms of this, it's just a quirky thing. So my grandfather's grandfather, all right? No, I never knew my grandfather on my father's side. My grandfather's grandfather fought in the Battle of Baltimore.
You know, he was... They were from Ohio. They were from the other side of Ohio. I think he knew some people in Ashtabula. This would have been... you know, in the mid-30s, right, 1930s. But in terms of this, it's just a quirky thing. So my grandfather's grandfather, all right? No, I never knew my grandfather on my father's side. My grandfather's grandfather fought in the Battle of Baltimore.
That's incredible. In 1814. So my grandfather, if you think of it, it's just like, you know what it is, a bunch of older guys having kids, like one after the other. But it's like one of these kind of weird, I tell people, they'll think, well, that can't possibly be true. But it's in fact true. My grandfather's grandfather.
That's incredible. In 1814. So my grandfather, if you think of it, it's just like, you know what it is, a bunch of older guys having kids, like one after the other. But it's like one of these kind of weird, I tell people, they'll think, well, that can't possibly be true. But it's in fact true. My grandfather's grandfather.
That's incredible. In 1814. So my grandfather, if you think of it, it's just like, you know what it is, a bunch of older guys having kids, like one after the other. But it's like one of these kind of weird, I tell people, they'll think, well, that can't possibly be true. But it's in fact true. My grandfather's grandfather.
And that guy who fought, had half brothers who fought at, you know, in the American Revolution. Amazing. It's just like a little โ literally, it's kind of a crazy thought.
And that guy who fought, had half brothers who fought at, you know, in the American Revolution. Amazing. It's just like a little โ literally, it's kind of a crazy thought.
And that guy who fought, had half brothers who fought at, you know, in the American Revolution. Amazing. It's just like a little โ literally, it's kind of a crazy thought.
No, there are none. There's none in the town now. There's none in the town.
No, there are none. There's none in the town now. There's none in the town.
No, there are none. There's none in the town now. There's none in the town.
No, I didn't. I went away to school outside of Cleveland. I went to a Catholic boys' school outside of Cleveland called Gilmore Catholic High School.