Earliest Memories of the World Outside

[Tyler Hewitt]

I remember being out of school with the flu when I was
in kindergarten ot first grade. My Mom had to go to
work (single parent), so I was taken to a friend's
home. I was lying on the couch watching tv there, and
saw a bunch of dates scroll by on the screen. I asked
my Mom's friend, and was told that was how people were
called up for the draft to fight in Vietnam. If your
birthday came up on screen, you had to report. I
remember at the time that seemed pretty scary.

I also have a vague memory of watching the launch of
the Apollo mission taking the first people to the
moon. I would have been 5 or 6 then.

I was about 10 years old during the Watergate
hearings. I watched some of it, even though it was
boring, because I knew it was important. So I guess I
was forcing myself to watch historically significant
things!

Tyler

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