Lately I've been doing some mental arithmetic. If you count back from my birthdate the number of years I've been alive, Abraham Lincoln was president, it's June 1863 and the Battle of Gettysburg is about to begin.
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Originally posted by sjtill: Lately I've been doing some mental arithmetic. If you count back from my birthdate the number of years I've been alive, Abraham Lincoln was president, it's June 1863 and the Battle of Gettysburg is about to begin.
Cool idea. For me, then, it is 1900, William McKinley is President, the Philippine-American war is going on, and the Wright Brothers are testing gliders in Kitty Hawk, and the Hershey bar is introduced.
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JFK. I can remember for the longest time, folks would always remark they remember where they were or what they were doing when they learned of his assassination. Me, personally, pretty sure I was napping.
Originally posted by benny6: I was born during the Nixon administration. I briefly remember Carter as president but mostly remember Reagan.
Tony.
I was born during Nixon's administration, too. I vaguely remember the gas lines and clearly remember the hostages. My first memory of a presidential election is my dad showing me on the TV coverage how Regan was beating the tar out of Jimmy.
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