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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 24706964, member: 91609&quot;]Ah yes, the passage of time!&nbsp; Time is an amazing thing put into perspective.&nbsp; Surely the Mint will commemorate the passage of another 50 years.&nbsp; Just think, in 2026, another 50 years distance from our country&#039;s birth; only 250 yrs ago the United States was born!&nbsp; (Of course, if you&#039;re really into ancients, this really isn&#039;t that old. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1976, the Bicentennial year, we were in the middle of a 3 year residency in a small town named Lutzelhausen in (at that time) West Germany.&nbsp; Just about 3 kilometers away was a town (apologies, I cannot remember the name) with a great gasthaus we would go to often for drinks &amp; food.&nbsp; That year, the town was celebrating its <b><i>2,000th</i></b> birthday...&amp; the buildings looked like it.&nbsp; But the whole town was very well preserved &amp; the people were fabulous!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was thinking recently, that in just a few years, I will be as distant from my birthday as my birthday is from the end of the Civil War!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; For some reason, that is both shocking &amp; disturbing to me &amp; I don&#039;t know why. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I remember in high school feeling so removed from WWII, even though I was well aware that my father was stationed at Hickam Field on the infamous day (he survived of course) &amp; 2 uncles were crew members on B-17&#039;s (both survived).&nbsp; Yet in 1974, a mere 30 +/- years after the war, I was literally standing on the actual battlefields in Germany.&nbsp; That was weird! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Time &amp; perspective is amazing...so yeah, let&#039;s throw another 50 yrs on the pile! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Steve</p><p>3rd Armored Division (Spearhead)</p><p>Captain, US Army[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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