The voice of history as I remember it was stilled today. Walter Cronkite was a part of significant events in my personal timeline of history.
That day in Dallas...
(I was home for lunch and was watching when the announcement came.)
That summer night in July...
(My family stayed up way into the night, waiting, waiting, waiting...my father pacing like I had never seen him do)
At school for almost any history lesson I had...
(His TV programs were adapted for school viewing and were major classroom resources during my 1960s public education.)
In his own words:
"And that the way it [was]."
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Excellent post. Thank you.
well rats, CBS took the piece down I originally had ...a hort little piece where he talked about the events above. Have to go see if I can find something that is not an ad!
ok..found it again, but only thru YouTube.
He was "the news" to me for so many years. Another great one gone.
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