Country Pride Dinner at Baytown Honors Fallen Soldiers
On Independence Day at Country Pride Restaurant inside the Travel America Truck Stop in Baytown the patriot table honors veterans. A white tablecloth a rose lemon salt inverted glass an empty chair and a framed message symbolize sacrifices of those who served.
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Civil Rights Act Vote Tally and Party Divisions
A curdled political reminiscence notes that Johnson secured Civil Rights Act passage with Republican backing as Democrats split. It recalls Al Gore Sr and Robert Byrd voting positions, framing a historic partisan split and long memory of civil rights battles.
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Today in History Highlights From 1846 to 1981
Key events include California annexation proclaimed at Monterey in 1846, four Lincoln conspirators hanged in 1865 including Mary Surratt, Hawaii annexed in 1898, first women sworn into regular Navy in 1948, Elvis debut in 1954, West Point admits women in 1976, and Reagan nominates Sandra Day O Connor to the Supreme Court in 1981. Thought by Margaret Fuller on memory and judgment.
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First Grade Memories at Cedar Bayou Elementary School
Jerry Langford recalls Cedar Bayou Elementary in the Cedar Bayou School District before district merger in 1954. He describes teachers Mildred Smith and Mrs Partin, the 1:30 p.m. first grade dismissal, bus delays, walking Kilgore Road, a haunted house legend, mulberry tree memories, porch conversations with neighbors, a 4 party line phone, and classmates Cameron Gates Corky Grube David Brown Bobby Barrow Giles Giddings. Wanda Orton notes.
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Family sleeps through afternoon in crowded living room
Jim Finley recalls a mid afternoon napathon at the Erikson home along St Andrews Drive where four adults and a baby snoozed in the living room while Connor, Klaire’s brother, rested in the Bat Cave. The scene followed long days at Beaumont for a baseball event and included a recent ring for Connor’s diving catch and later Mass with family.
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