Marathon Pundit goes to Washington

Yes, that's me when I was nine. The photograph was taken by my Uncle Bill in 1971, who I'll see later this week.

It was an exciting day, as we saw President Nixon waving to the crowd of tourists from his limo en route to a meeting at the Capitol building. No one in our group had any idea he was going to be there. To this day, it marks the only time I've seen an in-office president in person. (Later in life, before they were elected president, I saw the first President Bush and later, Bill Clinton.)

Tomorrow Little Marathon Pundit and I fly out to Washington (actually Baltimore), for a few days of mostly sightseeing and the like.

Little Marathon Pundit is nine.

I plan have an updated version of the photograph taken, as the Beatles did with their "Red" and "Blue" albums.

The Beatles in their later photo had more hair, as for myself....

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