An afghan.
For my high school graduation and just a few months from going into the Army my aunt, God bless her, gave me an afghan that she knitted herself.
I still have and wear an engraved buckle that was a high school graduation present to me many, many years ago. I’ve had to replace worn-out belts but the buckle still works and looks great.
a nicely-bound hardcover dictionary from your then-girlfriend’s parents, with a nice handwritten poem dedication inside; very nice, and touching
A throw blanket personalized with the grad’s name, college and graduation date
A car
Pearls
Next: Alternate Histories, and the point at which history changes
Stars and Stripes Forever, by Harry Harrison (England accidentally attacks the South during the U.S. Civil War, then decides to conquer the U.S. Union and Confederate armies join forces to fight back.)
Next: Alternate Histories, and the point at which history changes
Stars and Stripes Forever, by Harry Harrison (England accidentally attacks the South during the U.S. Civil War, then decides to conquer the U.S. Union and Confederate armies join forces to fight back.)
The Hot War trilogy by Harry Turtledove (The Korean War escalates into World War III after Harry Truman allows Douglas MacArthur to use atomic bombs like he’d wanted to, leading to a chain reaction of nuclear bomb attacks throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.)
Next: Alternate Histories, and the point at which history changes
Stars and Stripes Forever, by Harry Harrison (England accidentally attacks the South during the U.S. Civil War, then decides to conquer the U.S. Union and Confederate armies join forces to fight back.)
The Hot War trilogy by Harry Turtledove (The Korean War escalates into World War III after Harry Truman allows Douglas MacArthur to use atomic bombs like he’d wanted to, leading to a chain reaction of nuclear bomb attacks throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.)
The Man in the High castle by Phillip K. Dick (Franklin Roosevelt is assassinated leading to the continuation of the Great Depression leading to the Axis Powers winning WWII)