General Discussion

and I bought a commemorative plate in white that showed the preamble of the Constitution, "We the people..." in blue pictured on a scroll.

I got married in March and we moved to Toledo for my husband's job. That's where we were on the 4th. Had a picnic on the Miami River, watched fireworks.

There was one political thing that I remember. An older guy that I worked with was convinced that the "trouble making" protesters from civil rights and women's rights movements were going to make trouble on the 4th because they were all hippie communists who hated the country. I said that they protested in support of the rights in the Constitution because they loved the country and what the Bill of Rights stands for. There would be no violence or protests. I think he was very disappointed that I was right.

I remember that throughout the year, some radio and TV stations read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution on air.

Overall a happy year. Then in November, I cast my vote for Carter.