1967 - inspired by ETMN

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

I feel lucky to have been witness to so much change and historically significant happenings and to those that think the world is going to hell in a hand basket today, we've(

Great link, photos and captions - thanks! For those that weren't around back then or were too young to remember (I think you and I are among the oldest if not the oldest here?) there was a lot going on in the past that puts some of the crap going on today into perspective.

I feel lucky to have been witness to so much change and historically significant happenings and to those that think the world is going to hell in a hand basket today, we've always been going to hell in a hand basket but are still here and will continue to be.

Like you so wisely observed, same shit - different day.

Indeed. I think I am the oldest. 1967 was not as long ago as many think it was.

I was living below the Mason Dickinson line and racism was the norm. I grew up with white and colored water fountains, and separate entrances for colored people, if they were allowed to come in at all.

There was war and rumors of wars, and America was considered the greatest place on Earth, by Americans.

Even by those that were considered less than, because at least they felt they were better than the non Americans that were also colored.

Other countries saw us in a less favorable light. They labeled us as "ugly Americans". From my own personal experiences abroad, I have seen many Americans live up to that moniker.

Sometimes I feel like I was hit with that old Chinese curse, for I have truly lived through some interesting times.

I too think of myself as very lucky that I was born in this time period. I feel like I got to star in the prequel, the sequel, and I have a good chance of of doing a cameo in the re-make.