August 8, 1974

[edbermac]

48 years later, the irony of it all

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[tavernier]

1. Also my late hubby's birthday

I know he’s up there celebrating tonight… he detested rump.

[Murphyb849]

2. Schadenfreude 🤣

[roamer65]

3. Wow almost 50 years ago.

I was 9 years old and remember it on TV like it was yesterday.

[dflprincess]

4. We had scheduled a shopping trip to look for bridesmaids dresses for my cousin that eveing

Two of my aunts, one the mother of the bride, the other not the Mama, both came along (besides me, another cousin was a bridesmaid).

We were at Penney's and fortunately the bridal section was not too far from the TV department (I hesitate to call it "electronics" in 1974).

Mother of the Bride had to keep coming back to the TVs to drag Aunt Not the Mama & me back to bridal. At one point Aunt Not the Mama said quite loudly, "This is the happiest day of my life and I'm not going to miss it!"

In the end we did not miss the speech and we found the dresses.

[Ocelot II]

5. I remember it well.

I even kept the little black & white tv I watched it on as a souvenir, long after it stopped working.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I was working at National Airport at the time.

Every single agent at every single airline went into their back rooms to watch TV. Planes did not load at the gates while everyone watched. It was eerie. I have never seen the public areas so quiet as during that speech.

[MiniMe]

7. It's my birthday

Happy f*cking Birthday to me!