It is great fun to read your recollections of 'ole Lonn. I have some
to add. E.g, in 1973, telling me in the presence of the Winedale
advisory Board that doing Shakespeare in the barn "would never work."
And in 1974, that that summer would have to be our last. His title,
by the way, was "manager" of the Winedale Historical Center. He and
his wife, Dianne, lived in what is now the Winedale office. The
University asked him to resign after an unfortunate incident in '76.
I saw him last the day I married JoAnn in '95. He has spent the last
decade or so at Fort Bend, Texas. Check out this site: bigbendnow.com/
tag/lonn-taylor/
Doc
On Sep 12, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Laura Smith wrote:
Wow Jerald. Just tried to watch the clip but cant get it here (last
day of a visit to my aunt and uncle in Germany.) I will watch the
clip when i get home tomorrow) Lonn was curator at Winedale, then
went to be a curator at the Smithsonian (southwestern history
maybe), and he retired from there,. historian friends knew him at
UT. It will be fun to see the clip.. thanks for spreading the
word. remember how we were always on the lookout for Lonn when we'd
all be sitting on the roof of the barn ---stars above and fireflies
below... where Lonn had forbidden us to be? Made the roof even more
special...
On Sep 12, 2014 8:36 PM, "Jerald Head" <[email protected]> wrote:
So I was going through my dvr list tonight as I was catching up on
this weeks recordings, when I stopped on the recordings of "The
Colbert Report." I was scanning down the list and saw one of the
interviews was with Lonn Taylor, a historian from Texas, regarding
the origins of the "Star Spangled Banner," and the flag over Ft
McHenry. I thought surely this could not be the same Lonn Taylor who
with his wife were at some of the early days at Winedale.
Particularly I remember him there in my fall class of 1973 and then
in the summers following. There are so few of us from left that era,
much less who would be on The Colbert Report. But indeed it was the
same guy. At this time I cannot remember what his role was in
Winedale and its history but for sure it was one and the same man.
His voice had the same tone and accent. I hate to say it, but I was
surprised to see him among the living, much less on national
television. I think very few of us would remember him, but seeing
the video, will doubtlessly trigger some memory.
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/ndpng7/lonn-taylor
Jerald
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