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cally

(21,864 posts) Mon Jun 13, 2022, 08:45 PM Jun 2022

Did you see the Watergate hearings at the time? [View all]

I did as a young child. What I remember is that it dominated the news and was discussed constantly. My parents supported Nixon at the time. We were on a camping vacation during the last one with the tapes. I have a vivid recollection of going into a small store and all the adults were very concerned and talking about the tapes.

What is your memory?

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Did you see the Watergate hearings at the time? [View all] cally Jun 2022 OP

I was in college in New Jersey ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #1

I was a young stay-at-home Mom with 2 kiddos,,,, KarenS Jun 2022 #2

A friend and I watched every day. badhair77 Jun 2022 #3

That only one network covered it at a time... brooklynite Jun 2022 #4

i wasn't born yet........ Takket Jun 2022 #5

Missed them... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #6

I was in the Mediterranean when he resigned. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #21

Literally ships passing in the night... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #31

I had just started working full time, so missed them. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2022 #7

John Dean with his wife sitting behind him. n/t Raven Jun 2022 #8

I was in my 20s, still living in Honolulu, and a fervent Democrat Hekate Jun 2022 #9

I can't remember whether I was a student, or had a job that got off early Walleye Jun 2022 #10

Yes, in my early 20s. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2022 #11

I did. Just graduating from moonscape Jun 2022 #12

Very similar. yardwork Jun 2022 #13

Yes, in my 20's. After all was said and done, the pictures of Nixon... Jack-o-Lantern Jun 2022 #14

Watching Watergate MoonlightHillFarm Jun 2022 #15

all I remember Skittles Jun 2022 #16

I was in college and my first vote for President was in 1972 csziggy Jun 2022 #17

Fun movie! BuddhaGirl Jun 2022 #20

Love this movie Bucky Jun 2022 #24

Watched every day as a teen with my dad Tree Lady Jun 2022 #18

I was maybe in sixth grade MN2theMax Jun 2022 #19

Forget my memory, am resenting you were "a young child"!1 UTUSN Jun 2022 #22

I do recall that. I was 10 that summer. Bucky Jun 2022 #23

I adored Barbara Jordan. crickets Jun 2022 #27

I took LSD about a hundred times Mr.Bill Jun 2022 #25

I was young (grade school age) and didn't pay as much attention as I should have. crickets Jun 2022 #26

Didn't have a tv, but listened to the radio coverage Retrograde Jun 2022 #28

It was after my first year of college and I was SharonClark Jun 2022 #29

I was in high school. I was fascinated by the reporting on the hearing. TomSlick Jun 2022 #30

It was my Senior year of college and we would all get together, get loaded and watch walkingman Jun 2022 #32

I watched all of it. I even showed one of the hearings to my students in high school in that year Stuart G Jun 2022 #33