Yesterday Drew - Harry - Keith spent the day visiting museums in Washington DC. The above picture was taken on the porch of the new American Indian Museum looking east toward the Capitol. It was clear and sunny - about 40 degrees - not bad for January 22nd in DC. They also visited the Air and Space Museum and the Architecture Museum. After the museums- they had supper at Clyde's - a really neat sports pub next to the MCI Arena. After supper - they returned to their Grand Hyatt Hotel where they watched the UNC at FSU basketball game on TV. The Seminoles lost 81-80. This morning the party broke up when Harry flew back to Tallahassee and Drew flew back to Syracuse. Keith took the Metro to College Park.
The day reminded me of January 20, 1973 - 33 years almost to the day - when Nancy and I visited the Capitol for the swearing in of Richard Nixon as president. It was bitter cold that day and our Congressman Gus Yatron provided us tickets and entertained us in his office. Gus was a good representative and he is gone now. One year later Nixon became the first president to resign - caused by the Watergate Scandal. George Patton once said, "All glory is fleeting." You can be a hero one day and gone the next.
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