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In reply to the discussion: When you see today's date on a calendar or printed or online [View all]Tommymac
(7,263 posts)38. The victors write history and determine what is in the History books...well, Texas School Board too
How can they possibly decide what is to be included and what is just skimmed or ignored??
Will be interesting to see what is written about the 2020's. Authoritarian racist view, or by Constitutionalists.
As far as 1963, I was just a toddler and remember the game shows being pre-empted for days, and wondering why until...
understanding after I saw the black & white grainy TV image of Jon-Jon saluting his father in the flag covered casket which will stay with me my entire life.
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The victors write history and determine what is in the History books...well, Texas School Board too
Tommymac
Nov 2021
#38
I couldn't think up a more stereotypical response if I sat down for an hour and tried.
Act_of_Reparation
Nov 2021
#39
I am not sure how the Viking raid influenced my life. Or of very many Americans,
TNNurse
Nov 2021
#81
I was very, very young, but it's the first thing I thought about when I noticed the date. nt
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2021
#8
My son was four when he saw the live news reports of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
yardwork
Nov 2021
#111
All my classmates were in the hallways, going to their lockers at the end of the day at Jr. High
TheRickles
Nov 2021
#27
I remember who told me....It was a guy known to lie and tell stories about everything...
Stuart G
Nov 2021
#34
I was in the Band room. We were practicing for the Thanksgiving Day football game.
Fla Dem
Nov 2021
#36
I was in school, tenth grade I believe, and they announced it over the PA system to the classes.
demigoddess
Nov 2021
#44
I was too shocked to cry that day (age 11) but during the funeral, when John John saluted...
FailureToCommunicate
Nov 2021
#92