----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: Faded History: May be of interest to the Americans
> It does, and it was a special event in NY, which people are missing the > point. > I see every one mentioning it as if it's only value were its age. > > 1976 was a significant year for me and I was here for the event - a > spectacular floatilla of old > and new vessels ( although I dislike the warships in this cover photo, > there were lots > of older ones that were prettier.) > > Interestingly , June of 1976 I took a two week trip to the Canadian > Rockies - my first > such entirely on my own to heal myself mentally after a great loss. > > There are probably a lot of very well preserved copies of it floating > (no pun) around > but unless someone else really has a strong desire for it for a great > reason, I'd love it. > > I started to write off list, but when I saw some of the responses to it > decided differently. > I had thought it would be a somewhat more significant memento as well. I recall 1976 as being a year of celebration for the USA, being it's 200th anniversary, and I recall the fireworks display that New York city put on for July 4th made our national news. Anyway, the July 4 1976 copy of the New York Times that I found in the rafters of the condo I am working on has been claimed. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
