The Great Homegrown Ballpark of 1968
1968. I was ten years old and in mad love with the game of baseball. I watched it on TV, I read about it in the baseball magazines, I...
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The Great Curtain Conflagration of 1963
1963. A year that saw so many changes in the world: JFK was assassinated, the first American conquered Mt. Everest and General Hospital pre...
The Great Hornet's Nest Imbroglio of 1967
Kids that are nine years old have a world of imagination at their disposal. They can create a vast metropolis out of a few Lego blocks...
The Great Downhill Flying Race of 1966
Kids and bikes – what could be more American? I started riding bikes at the usual age – I think I was 3 years old when I sat on my...
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