Personal Narrative: My Genocide

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On April 28th, 1957, two of my friends and I were invited by my sister and an another person to go on a picnic with them. Since we had nothing else better to do, we decided to go. Just as all of us were about to depart, another friend stopped by my house and asked if we would like to go to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, a city north of Pueblo, to go swimming. We choose that as a better choice than a picnic. We arrived home from the Broadmoor swim outing around 3:00 p.m. on that Sunday afternoon. When we turned onto my street, I noticed several cars parked on both sides of the road. I was curious as to what was going on at my house because I was not aware of any events happening at my house on that day. Upon entering the …show more content…
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