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mountain grammy

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18. Except for May 1st, the day I gave birth to my first born son, 1968 was a pretty shitty year.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 05:40 PM

Jun 2015

I was up late (it was nearly 4 am on the east coast) nursing my infant son and watched Bobby give his acceptance speech.. "now it's on to Chicago and let's win there.." and then, boom!
So soon after Dr. King's murder, I thought, "they'll kill us all"

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Except for May 1st, the day I gave birth to my first born son, 1968 was a pretty shitty year. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #18