Spent most of the day watching the Inauguration---I don't think I have ever seen more people in one place before. It was amazing.
In 1945 on VE DAY I went to the celebration in Chicago's Loop. I took my girlfriend of the day and my sister-in-law who was married to my older brother who was in the Army. It was later estimated in the papers to be over 1 million people. It sure felt like it but you couldn't see it from above unless you got into one of the tall buildings. Since I was still 8 months away from draft eligible I felt like I was missing out on something. Uncle Sam took care of that a few years later
My first presidential election was in 1952 --- you had to be 21 to vote back then. I had just been discharged from the Army and I voted for Ike because he swore he was going to end the war in Korea and I was all for that. I was basically a Democrat even back then but Ike was recruited by both parties and he chose the Republicans because he could sense the that the country was getting tired of the Democrats after 20 years of FDR and Truman.
But I jumped back on the right track with JFK and have been here ever since---though a lot of lean years, believe me. I know this doesn't have much to do with being tall but I welcome any comments on any subject.
Come to think of it Obama and his wife are probably the tallest First Couple we have had although Eleanor Roosevelt and FDR were both about 6 feet if I remember right. What do you think?
Spent most of the day watching the Inauguration---I don't think I have ever seen more people in one place before. It was amazing.
In 1945 on VE DAY I went to the celebration in Chicago's Loop. I took my girlfriend of the day and my sister-in-law who was married to my older brother who was in the Army. It was later estimated in the papers to be over 1 million people. It sure felt like it but you couldn't see it from above unless you got into one of the tall buildings. Since I was still 8 months away from draft eligible I felt like I was missing out on something. Uncle Sam took care of that a few years later
My first presidential election was in 1952 --- you had to be 21 to vote back then. I had just been discharged from the Army and I voted for Ike because he swore he was going to end the war in Korea and I was all for that. I was basically a Democrat even back then but Ike was recruited by both parties and he chose the Republicans because he could sense the that the country was getting tired of the Democrats after 20 years of FDR and Truman.
But I jumped back on the right track with JFK and have been here ever since---though a lot of lean years, believe me. I know this doesn't have much to do with being tall but I welcome any comments on any subject.
Come to think of it Obama and his wife are probably the tallest First Couple we have had although Eleanor Roosevelt and FDR were both about 6 feet if I remember right. What do you think?
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