Yeah. I know. Maybe now you'll understand when I say I get better looking with age...and yes, I also realize that I still have some aging to go. It may not have been the most flattering period of my life, but I'll have you know, I still had a couple of girlfriends at the time!
I was a serious fifth grader when these pictures were taken on March 12, 1976 (over 45 years ago). The occasion was a presentation about the American Revolution, right in time for the nation's bicentennial celebration. I was the master of ceremonies for an audience of thousands, holding all of the acts together while standing in a costume sewn entirely by my mother. I think I still have the script somewhere, but the costume is long, long gone.
I was a serious fifth grader when these pictures were taken on March 12, 1976 (over 45 years ago). The occasion was a presentation about the American Revolution, right in time for the nation's bicentennial celebration. I was the master of ceremonies for an audience of thousands, holding all of the acts together while standing in a costume sewn entirely by my mother. I think I still have the script somewhere, but the costume is long, long gone.
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At our house, we had red carpet, which went perfectly with the fife-and-drum wallpaper in my bedroom and the miniature American flag collection I wish I still had. Besides rocks, those flags were probably the first collection I really was serious about. At that period in my life, I was also reading lots of biographies from the school library. I can't say my interest in colonial history and the Revolution began at that point, but it must have at least made an impression that stuck with me for the next five decades, only to be rediscovered in the last three or four years.
