Exploring Your Family’s History Can Enrich, Refine Your Worldview

Exploring Your Family’s History Can Enrich, Refine Your Worldview
"Landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, 1620," engraving by Joseph Andrews, circa 1869. Public Domain
Lance Christensen
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This spring, I found a card sent to me as a child from my paternal grandmother. In addition to her usual expressions of love and advice, my grandmother suggested that one of my ancestors came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Having forgotten she had made such a statement, and wanting to personally connect with a significant part of American history, I spent the past few months tracing every line on her side to find the connection.

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
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Lance Christensen is the president of California Policy Partners, a business membership association dedicated to improving economic and educational opportunities for Californians. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
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