Museum at vint hill, virginia, 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1986 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of ten, the students wouldnt know anything about the cold war or the u2 incident. They would think the u2 incident had something to do with the u2 rock band. As a result, i knew they needed to be taught about the cold wartime period. As a result, i ended up noticing they needed to be taught about the cold war time period. So in 1996, we founded the Cold War Museum, which opened in 2011 here at vint hill farms station, a former Army Communication base near the washington, d. C. , area. It used to be used by nsa, cia, asa, Army Security agency, and other groups to monitor the Electronic Communications from around the washington, d. C. , Embassy Region and International Signals that the
Mr. Romero, before we get this book what do you do for a living . Are you an author . Guest actually this is my first book, my first book. I have written screenplays and sketches because im an actor and a standup comedian. Thats what ive been doing for many, many years. This story is a passion of mine because its base, not based but inspired by my family, members of my family. I wrote as a screenplay first as a matter fact, that i had an option to do it as a movie but ended up in a Production Company couldnt been budgeted 15 billion which is a lot of money for an independent film. I could come up with the money so the rights to the story reverted back to me. I threw it into a drawer for about two or three years and i took it out and vote as a book. Host is a historical fiction . Guest yes, it is. Thats exactly what it is, historical fiction. Everything in that book actually happened, not necessary to the family i wrote about because what i did was you know how the godfathers different
Movie. The production company, they budgeted at 15 million which was a lot of money for an independent film for they could not come up with the money. So that rights to the story it reverted back to me. I actually threw it in a drawer for two or three years and then i took it out, dusted it off and rode as a book. See what is it historical fiction . Guest yes thats exactly what it is historical fiction. Everything and that book actually happened. It didnt necessarily have a jew the family i wrote about because what i did was you know how the godfathers different mafia stories, the mafia family put in to families to tell one story of the godfather. I basically use the same format. The cuban revolution, told through a family. Its a fiction book i wrote it as a novel because i wanted to make it more interesting and i also didnt want to make it just about my family. I wanted to incorporate to all the different people. And also when you write it as a novel its more interesting and you get m
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