This past Sunday, Liz and I went to Peterson Farm, a farmstead dating back to the 1840s in McHenry, Illinois, for their annual "Day At the Farm." It was a very hot and muggy day, but at least we didn't have any rain which we have been getting a lot of these last two weeks.
They had a good-sized crowd.
We were handed a flyer with some 1950s facts. Both Liz and I were born in 1951 and grew up in that generation. It is hard to believe that Harry S. Truman was president when we were born. That makes her pretty old.
Here are some 1950s stuff:
** 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower, hero of D-Day and World War II was elected president and served for the rest of the decade.
** Davy Crockett "Born on the Wild Frontier"
** 1956: "Hound Dog" by you-know-who.
** "The Cat in the Hat: by Dr. Seuss
** CBS introduces color TV on the Ed Sullivan Show
** Those little-bitty portable phonographs
** 1954: Swanson & Sons create Frozen TV Dinners.
And, More to Come. --Cooter
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