I’m watching a documentary about the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Did you know that it covered over 650 acres in Flushing Meadow, NY?

It was a very big deal when my parents drove us kids from Clinton, CT to NY for what was I think, a day trip.  #4 child, Jerry, must have been in (cloth) diapers. Sounds like  fun!  Not. 

I don’t remember much, but my mom has said they almost lost me!  She said it was so incredibly packed, that people were like sardines.  I was with themone minute and gone the next…  Several panicked minutes later she spotted the feather sticking up from my new Peter Pan like hat that she almost didn’t buy me.  She was never so scared.  Thank God, as I said, I don’t remember any of this, but could explain why I never let go of my own kids’ hands and only had two kids!!  Man to man defense!! 

I do remember the “globe” aka Unisphere (which you can still see at the start of the “King of Queens” show.) 

The original Michelangelo’s Pieta was sent from Rome to be part of the Vatican’s Pavilion.  Not sure if we went to see that amazing masterpiece or if we followed Dad to the “world’s largest beer bar by Schaefer.” May my Dad and his friend, Bill Scully, RIP. ☘️

The theme for this World’s Fair was “Peace Through Understanding.”  Your thoughts on whether or not it’s been achieved?

Sept. 13, 2020.