re: Pictures from days gone by....

Jackhammer Jim is about to have a coronary.

Not that I care, but why in the hell would their panties keep falling down for apparently no reason? Like, “I’m going to the grocery store. Be back in a few. shite!!! I wore panties that are 3 sizes too big!!”

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I have seen this in The Smithsonian - American History Museum. That would have been about 35 yrs ago. At the time they only showed for like 5 min an hour. At the appointed time for display, the doors to its display would slowly open and The Star Spangled Banner would play like it was played at the time it was set to music.

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Was the Fort McHenry flag displayed there?

In March of 2001, we celebrated my dad's 70th birthday by spending a week in D.C. It was taken from it's normal display for a few years while it was being restored. That flag was in a back, glassed-in room. We stood there and watched them working on it.

Found an article about the restoration.

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Star-Spangled Banner Back on Display
After a decade’s conservation, the flag that inspired the National Anthem returns to its place of honor on the National Mall

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By Robert M. Poole
Smithsonian Magazine | Subscribe
November 2008

Long before it flew to the moon, waved over the White House or was folded into tight triangles at Arlington National Cemetery; before it sparked fiery Congressional debates, reached the North Pole or the summit of Mount Everest; before it became a lapel fixture, testified to the Marines' possession of Iwo Jima, or fluttered over front porches, firetrucks and construction cranes; before it inspired a national anthem or recruiting posters for two world wars, the American ensign was just a flag. ...

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...Succeeding generations loved and honored the Stars and Stripes, but this flag in particular provided a unique connection to the national narrative. Once it was moved to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907, it remained on almost continuous display. After almost 200 years of service, the flag had slowly deteriorated almost to the point of no return. Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known, returns to center stage this month with the reopening of the renovated National Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Its long journey from obscurity began on a blazing July day in 1813, when Mary Pickersgill, a hardworking widow known as one of the best flag makers in Baltimore, received a rush order from Maj. George Armistead. Newly installed as commander of Fort McHenry, the 33-year-old officer wanted an enormous banner, 30 by 42 feet, to be flown over the federal garrison guarding the entrance to Baltimore's waterfront. ..

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www.smithsonianmag.com

These shared paragraphs are maybe a 10th of the whole Smithsonian magazine article.

P.S. We we lucky this was before 9/11. My mom had some meetings while we were there. My dad and I got to go say high to Dr. Cooksey, between his committee meetings. We rode the underground train from his office to the Capital. So many changes since then. We sat down and rested on the Capitol steps.

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I'm glad they finally got that settled.

TulaneLSU and his Uncle Alfred waiting for Mother.

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Once I was in love,
and it was a gas.
Soon found out,
What a piece of arse.

Halley's Comet as seen in Gary, Indiana 1910

“Atlanta, Georgia. View on Marietta St.” (1864)