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Queen Méabh's avatar

I think you are nitpicking. The vast majority of adult Boomers did not get a chance to attend the March on Washington. There were 76 million Boomers, and only 250,000 people participated in the March on Washington. The adult Boomers witnessed it on TV, just like I did. But it was their generation's openness to new ideas and new ways of thinking and living and treating other people, and their refusal to accept the old ways, that made the March on Washington possible. Your father was part of that.

I did not have to be present on the Grassy Knoll and personally witness JFK's assassination, or participate in the investigation afterwards, to have my world rocked by this event and be permanently changed by it. It was MY generation that was most seriously affected by this event, even though we had nothing to do with it.

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Lefty Wright's avatar

Makes me feel appreciative of my state retirement pension. I got a 1% cost of living increase this year. The first permanent increase in the retirement system in 6 years.

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