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OldBaldy1701E

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2. My uncle was there.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2023, 07:03 AM

Aug 2023

I was five at the time but I remember his leaving and returning. He said it was both fun and scary. I never understood that phrase until I started digging into the details of the event. It was still one of the defining moments of my lifetime, if not U.S. history.

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On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 OP

I got in my 1962 Oldsmobile and drove on up. Will never forget what I can't remember Walleye Aug 2023 #1

My uncle was there. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2023 #2