A Class Act turns 65 today

[DFW]

115. In order:

1. correct on both counts

2. I'm not wearing anything of the sort. It's probably just my tie color. On the other hand, my dad was president of the Gridiron Club that year, and he was wearing the ceremonial presidential ribbon with a gridiron hanging from it. Clinton called my dad by his first name, but in correspondence, he referred to him as President (our family name).

What my dad has in his hand is an envelope containing an original ornate levee bond from Arkansas from the year 1871 that I had found in a shop in Paris. I gave it to Clinton and later received a personal note from him saying that he liked it so much, he had it framed and hanging on the wall at Camp David. Since it had cost me $175, I sent the White House the invoice, since presidents are allowed to keep personal gifts received in office if they are valued at under $200. I'm pretty sure he kept it, as he remembered me by name the several times we met up after he left office.