My stepmother was also born in Lawrence, Mass. He was eight years her senior. Bernstein was a composer best known for the movie we all watched in school, “West Side Story” my Son and I attended the Symphony of the Americas Gershwin & Bernstein’s Broadway while we vacationed in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It was a vacation like no other for over 23 years. I never took a real break to pamper myself. I gave one week a year to counsel or usher at the Christian Film Festivals of America.  Several Churches got involved, and we would lead others to Christ and direct them to a Church in their community. We handed the Pastor of the Church their counseling information for follow-up. I absolutely adored the ministry. We never sent anyone to a Catholic Church, and the way the ecumenical thing works out, we really didn’t have to. The performance was… Read moreLeonard Bernstein Was Born in Lawrence Massachusettes.