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.
Dad had a turquoise AM/FM radio with gold colored dials in the garage. I recall summers with Joe Nuxall and Al MIchaels doing the play by play of the Cincinnati Reds. Way back in the early 70s with the Big Red Machine. He would take me to ballgames to see my heroes. Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, George Foster, Pedro Borbone, Tony Perez...
Most of us know them as radios and boom boxes.
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ReplyDeleteDad had a turquoise AM/FM radio with gold colored dials in the garage. I recall summers with Joe Nuxall and Al MIchaels doing the play by play of the Cincinnati Reds. Way back in the early 70s with the Big Red Machine. He would take me to ballgames to see my heroes. Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, George Foster, Pedro Borbone, Tony Perez...
ReplyDeletePictures like this remind me of my age. Where did the time go?
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