What was the first political event (not protest) that you attended involving The Democratic Party...

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19. 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City....

Convention Hall in Atlantic City is one of the most impressive buildings you’ve ever been in in your life. They literally can play a football game in there and have at times. There were these huge pictures of President Johnson, and others on the walls and thousands of chairs set up. of course, the convention had its problems due to seating of certain delegation, but I was 11 years old, and was extremely impressed with the infrastructure. I remember seeing the TV booths above the floor with the CBS, ABC, and NBC logos. It was a very big deal for a kid

As an aside, I recall going with my mom to vote for Senator Kennedy for President in 1960, and that one of the poll workers took a shine to her, and gave her one of the voting machine printed diagrams, which had all the parties, all the candidates, and even levers drawn on it. Unfortunately, it was lost at some point and might actually be worth something today . Well, maybe not so much… believe it or not I stayed up all night as a tiny little kid to watch the returns come in, and before you shake your head in disbelief, I was used to doing that because I had chronic bronchitis as a kid and was used to “not sleeping”, some thing which has never changed for me.