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

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112. Woah...

Sorry for your personal loss, how ever many x years
His young photo looks familiar. After looking at his credits I possibly saw him in some of those '60s shows.

As for That Night...
such hopeful, soaring triumph to falling into The Abyss Searing tradegy for him, and all of us!

I was so numb once I accidentally found out after turning my dad's little transistor radio taken to sleep w me - when I woke up unexpectedly at 4AM NYC (never went back to sleep): I didn't even ask my folks how they heard once I actually got up for the day. I was trying to get ready to go to school (HS).

I guess they wanted to know being good Dem Liberals what the results were in morning as my dad went to work, and probably flipped on the radio.


Back then (as you might have known) The NY Post was a liberal newspaper. Saw the Herblock cartoons. I read McGrory, Breslin, Hamill, even Kempton but even my 4 grades above reading level I couldn't always follow him.

Besides my family, school, they opened my world further at 14 & 15 yrs old. Like acquaintences.
So reading Pete Hamill's recount having been there in his column felt like 3°s of separation.
Later on I totally forgot he'd been there, and totally reshocked when I refound that out decades later.