There aren't too many us who can remember our 200th anniversary in 1976.

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30. My parents had a cottage close to Luddington on Lake Michigan.

My children were four and five years old and we headed into town to find parking because we knew there would be a crowd on the beach. My main memories were my five year-old asking me if the fireworks were going to blow a hole in the sky, and on the way home outgoing traffic from the town was so thick that we had to stop the car for long minutes. Because of all the treats and water and juice during the day, the girls needed the bathroom and they were in tears because there was no place to pull over. On one of the stops in the middle of the highway, I got out and held up a beach towel, and they both scrambled out and peed on the pavement.. I have to laugh now as that is definitely the most outstanding memory that I have of that day. The odd thing is that it just doesn’t seem like it was 50 years ago, but of course it was because they are now grandparents.