It was announced on the news tonight that today was the 65th
anniversary of FDR's death.
Did a flash back to that day and the day after.
It was a typical Northern Ohio Mid April weather, cold and overcast.
As I sat in my 2nd grade class looking out the window the next day,
saw the flag flying at half mast outside.
Raised my hand and asked the teacher, Miss Zeh, "Why was the flag
stuck half way up the pole."
She took the opportunity to give us a lesson in respect that day.
Funny the things you have stored in long term memory.
Lew
"Larry Blanchard" wrote:
> What I recall is that they interrupted Terry and the Pirates on the
> radio
> to announce it. At 7 years old, I was really irritated by that :-).
-------------------------------------------
Didn't get Terry, but Tom Mix, Sky King, The Green Hornet, Sergeant
Preston and his dog, and Capt'n Midnight did the job.
Even had Capt'n Midnight's Secret Decoder Ring.
Lew
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:57:34 -0700, the infamous "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>"Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>
>> What I recall is that they interrupted Terry and the Pirates on the
>> radio
>> to announce it. At 7 years old, I was really irritated by that :-).
>-------------------------------------------
>Didn't get Terry, but Tom Mix, Sky King, The Green Hornet, Sergeant
>Preston and his dog, and Capt'n Midnight did the job.
>
>Even had Capt'n Midnight's Secret Decoder Ring.
I had Deputy Dawg at that age. I watched it on my Philco with the
movable picture tube. http://fwd4.me/LUI
When I was in 4th grade, they came on the intercom and announced that
the President had been shot and had all the teachers turn on the class
TV sets. We watched the news from the grassy knoll in Dallas, TX until
our parents all came to pick us up and take us home for the day. There
were lots of tears by everyone as I recall. Sad day.
--
STOP THE SLAUGHTER! Boycott Baby Oil!
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It was announced on the news tonight that today was the 65th anniversary
> of FDR's death.
>
> Did a flash back to that day and the day after.
>
> It was a typical Northern Ohio Mid April weather, cold and overcast.
>
> As I sat in my 2nd grade class looking out the window the next day, saw
> the flag flying at half mast outside.
>
> Raised my hand and asked the teacher, Miss Zeh, "Why was the flag stuck
> half way up the pole."
>
> She took the opportunity to give us a lesson in respect that day.
>
> Funny the things you have stored in long term memory.
>
> Lew
Funny, but be thankful you have it ...
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:37:46 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> It was announced on the news tonight that today was the 65th anniversary
> of FDR's death.
>
> Did a flash back to that day and the day after.
>
> It was a typical Northern Ohio Mid April weather, cold and overcast.
>
> As I sat in my 2nd grade class looking out the window the next day, saw
> the flag flying at half mast outside.
>
> Raised my hand and asked the teacher, Miss Zeh, "Why was the flag stuck
> half way up the pole."
What I recall is that they interrupted Terry and the Pirates on the radio
to announce it. At 7 years old, I was really irritated by that :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:57:34 -0700, the infamous "Lew Hodgett"
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>>
>>"Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>>
>>> What I recall is that they interrupted Terry and the Pirates on the
>>> radio
>>> to announce it. At 7 years old, I was really irritated by that :-).
>>-------------------------------------------
>>Didn't get Terry, but Tom Mix, Sky King, The Green Hornet, Sergeant
>>Preston and his dog, and Capt'n Midnight did the job.
>>
>>Even had Capt'n Midnight's Secret Decoder Ring.
>
> I had Deputy Dawg at that age. I watched it on my Philco with the
> movable picture tube. http://fwd4.me/LUI
>
> When I was in 4th grade, they came on the intercom and announced that
> the President had been shot and had all the teachers turn on the class
> TV sets. We watched the news from the grassy knoll in Dallas, TX until
> our parents all came to pick us up and take us home for the day. There
> were lots of tears by everyone as I recall. Sad day.
I consistently get the date wrong. I was stationed in England and got up at
5am the next day for a 6am shift, so it was the 23rd when I got the news and
the date got burned into my long term storage..
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:57:34 -0700, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>
>> What I recall is that they interrupted Terry and the Pirates on the
>> radio
>> to announce it. At 7 years old, I was really irritated by that :-).
>-------------------------------------------
>Didn't get Terry, but Tom Mix, Sky King, The Green Hornet, Sergeant
>Preston and his dog, and Capt'n Midnight did the job.
>
>Even had Capt'n Midnight's Secret Decoder Ring.
>
I'm way behind in my reading here....
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