Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,917 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,917 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of Joe Simon. Born in 1913 in Rochester, New York, Hymie Simon grew up in a Jewish immigrant family, though not from where most Jews were from at that time. His dad had come over from England, joining his brother. They worked as tailors and did not have much money. Basically, their home was a sweatshop where his father labored over clothing. But at least his son could go to school and he was really good at art, which his parent…