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Americana means different things to different folks. Here at Great American Things, it means cool stuff that doesn’t fit into any other category. I guess we could have called it Miscellaneous, but “Great Miscellaneous Things” doesn’t tell you much, does it?
Kid Stuff: Monopoly
I love Monopoly. I don’t always have the patience to play a game that can go on for a couple of hours. But when I do, like on a rainy...
Read MoreAmericana: The Greatest Generation
My father was one of millions of American men and women who fought in World War II. He served in North Africa, then advanced through...
Read MoreAmericana: The Blue Angels
What they do is impossible. You see it, and you’re thrilled and scared to death at the same time. They can’t fly that close...
Read MoreAmericana: Ford Mustang
There are lots of cars that could be included in a list of Great American Things. (Uh, not you, Pacer.) But occasionally one rises to the...
Read MoreAmericana: The Prom
Such a big night in the life of the teenager. For us, it was a senior prom, so we had to wait till the very end of our high school...
Read MoreFood: Whitman’s Sampler
I know, I know…someone already took the great dark chocolate ones , and you never get the chocolate-covered cherry (the “cherry...
Read MoreAmericana: Harley-Davidson
Occasionally, these posts are hard for me to write. Like this one. Because not only am I not a motorcycle guy, a motorcycle is about the...
Read MoreAmericana: High School Reunions
They’re loved. And they’re hated. But the temptation to go back and see what’s happened to the people with whom you spent...
Read MoreAmericana: Fender Guitars
Picture Leo Fender in his California electronics workshop in the late 1930s. Fixing phonographs, radios, and public address systems....
Read MoreFood: Mrs. Rowe's Pies
Okay, I realize this is way off the radar for most of you. It could go under the heading of “Roadside Food,” because Mrs....
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