And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I just saw a TV program highlighting this bridge's construction. Seems in 1987 on the 50th anniversary they held a "walk across the Golden Gate" and figured 80 to 90 thousand would partake. It turns out 300,000 showed up and the engineers worried the bridge might collapse.
I was there and I was definitely worried. I came from the Marin side, had an easy walk to SF, cruised Golden Gate Park, had a hot dog then headed back. We hit a wall of people who had walked south to north and were headed back to SF. The bridge was end to end, rail to rail pedestrians. The arch was almost flattened and the deck was all over the place. Pretty tense time.
I just saw a TV program highlighting this bridge's construction. Seems in 1987 on the 50th anniversary they held a "walk across the Golden Gate" and figured 80 to 90 thousand would partake. It turns out 300,000 showed up and the engineers worried the bridge might collapse.
ReplyDeleteI was there and I was definitely worried. I came from the Marin side, had an easy walk to SF, cruised Golden Gate Park, had a hot dog then headed back. We hit a wall of people who had walked south to north and were headed back to SF. The bridge was end to end, rail to rail pedestrians. The arch was almost flattened and the deck was all over the place. Pretty tense time.
DeleteMy grandma and my dad were on the bridge opening day.
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