Some backround

I was  born on November 7, 1952

Technically Harry Truman was President. Four days before was the 1952 Presidential election. Dwight Einsenhower was elected the new President. During that election, the public was introduced to a new kind of machine. A computer called Univac. It correctly predicted the winner of the election. So when I was born there were maybe a couple of dozen computers in the entire world. Now we have billions of computers. 

Another new invention that was becoming popular was Television. I know, I'm really old.

My first family vacation was to Florida. This was the age of Prop Planes. This was about 1955/56. Regular transcontinental jet travel didn't  begin until 1959.

I don't remember much of the 1950's. My mom and dad and two older brothers. We lived in rural America. I remember when Hawaii and Alaska were added as new States. As I think back, the world was very different than it is today. So many changes. Good and bad.

My ancestry includes on my dad's side German and on my mother's side Irish.

Going back to Presidential elections. My birthday falls on a Presidential Election every 28 years. The last time that happened was 2000.

In my almost 70 years, I have visited the Presidential Libraries of Lincoln, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan. I've been to the Presidential homes of Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and Andrew Jackson.