This was a relaxing day in preparation for the Auction. The Auctioneers like to get things set up with a day between things being in place and the Auction. We put some finishing touches on the Buick and will drive it down tomorrow soon after the doors open at 9:00. It will sell at 1:00pm though the Auction starts at 11:00am. In our continual sorting, I came across this Scrap Book put together by my Mother after she and Dad visited us in Arlington, VA in December, 1967. I assume that this came to us after Mother's estate was settled back in 1990, but I don't remember ever reading it until today. The folks flew United from Lincoln to Friendship in Baltimore on December 21 and went home on the 31st. During the time at our house, we took them to numerous sites. One of the first was the USDA Christmas Party in Jefferson Auditorium where Dad got to shake hands with Secretary Freeman. They enjoyed Explorers Hall at National Geographic, Smithsonian Institution, Fairlington Church live, outdoor Nativity program where I was a Wise Man, and on Christmas Day, we drove out to Arthur Godfrey's ranch on the edge of the Blue Ridge.
The visited the Custis Lee Mansion, the Eternal Flame on the JFK grave, the National Cathedral, Christ Church in Alexandria, the cobblestone street and Dock, the Wax Museum, the Mint, etc. They flew home from Friendship to Omaha and then on to Lincoln. Mother wrote a real nice description of everything they saw and did while they were here. It's interesting to think it was 50 years ago. Dad would have been 71 years old but was in very good shape. Mother would have been 67. They had been back in '63 and came at least 2 more times before our return to Nebraska in 1980.
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