History

Yesterday was the 50 year anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  The TV was filled with coverage and pictures and videos of the event.  It's all history now but of course to those of us old enough to remember it, it certainly does not seem like a half century ago.

"May you live in interesting times" is often referred to as a Chinese curse.  Or is it really a blessing? 

I thank God my life commenced after the Holocaust and after World War II.  But I look back and remember so many incredible events. No wonder grandkids think their elders lived on another planet when they were young!

I remember:
Eisenhower 
Sputnik launched into space
Walking to school, carrying books before backpacks were popular
Alaska and Hawaii becoming states
Playing outside and fearlessly running around the neighborhood
Civil Rights marches, segregation and Martin Luther King
Black and White TV and 4 channels (counting PBS)
The Six Day War
No computers (gasp!)
The walk on the moon
The Vietnam War and the protests
Watergate and Nixon's resignation
Inflation and stagnation
Ronald Reagan shot (I remember his Borax commercials too)
The impeachment of William J. Clinton
The first calculator and giant cell phones
The first woman to run for Vice-President
The first Black President

Interesting times indeed...
;-)