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COVID-19 Birthday

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Title (Dublin Core)

COVID-19 Birthday

Description (Dublin Core)

No one loves birthdays more than my son. When it became clear that he wouldn’t be having a birthday party, or taking his traditional birthday trip to Disneyland, we planned a surprise birthday parade for him, and invited guests to try to break a Coronavirus piñata (from their car window). We were overwhelmed by the amount of people who came - we do not live close to our friends/family, and we had people drive over an hour (in Southern CA!) for a five minute parade where they had to stay in their car. We were most touched that even his Kindergarten teacher (who lives 30 minutes away) came by. The birthday boy wore a special homemade Mickey Mouse with a mask shirt that said “turning 6 in quarantine, still celebrating with Mickey.”

Date (Dublin Core)

May 26, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Kathryn Jue

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Kathryn Jue

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph
video

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Events
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

birthday
parade
son
card
pinata
social distancing
Mickey Mouse

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

birthday parade
quarantine birthday
childhood in quarantine

Collection (Dublin Core)

Children
Motherhood
COVID Birthdays

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/30/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/02/2021
03/21/2021
06/30/2021

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This item was submitted on May 30, 2020 by Kathryn Jue using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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