[Magdalen] Dick's Farewell.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Funny, I don't remember that, but I do remember that I was at the kitchen table with my toddlers when LBJ announced that he wouldn't run again.

> On Aug 9, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> 
> Yesterday was another anniversary of President Richard Nixon's  resignation
> on August 8, 1974.
> 
> This is one of those occasions when many remember where they were  when
> they heard this news.
> 
> The event was actually a full day as it unfolded, filled with  reported
> rumors and interviews, and didn't conclude until late in the day with  the
> actual resignation.
> 
> I was in my robin's egg blue VW Squareback ("Variant") with my  ex-wife
> driving clear across the State of Wisconsin from Eau Claire to  Fontana
> at the base of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  It was the summer meeting  of
> the Wisconsin Dermatologic Society at The Abbey resort, and we  listened
> intently to PBS radio the whole way.
> 
> We had no sooner checked into the resort and our rooms, when we 
> turned on the room TV to learn of the actual resignation.  The  famous
> Nixon helicopter wave was the next day.
> 
> I started out that drive as a Republican, and ended the day as a  Democrat.
> 
> 
> 
> David S.