[donna]

I spent that evening clerking at a local U-tote-M convenience store. All my friends celebrated the Bicentennial while I sold beer.

This clip is a wonderful reminder of the spirit of the country at the time.

[Monterrosa-24]

I remember those U-Tote-M stores here in Alabama back in 1980 when I came to this state as a fieldman for Reagan for President.

I spent my bicentennial 4th of July at Fort Riley, Kansas and remember enjoying powdered doughnuts from the mini-PX and playing volleyball as part of Sergeant Sumters forced fun.

When they had a televised memorial service for Arthur Fiedler well after he died, I remember Roberta Flake stealing the venue and bitching about why are we not remembering Donnie Hathaway. One sportswriter said that the crowd in Philadelphia would boo a funeral but Roberta tried to hijack the whole shindig because people dared remember Arthur in Boston without giving equal time to Donnie.