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Bastille Day 1959 – Saigon

Here’s an old picture taken as we departed for the 1959 Bastille Day dance in Saigon  …

Left to Right: Bob, Penny, Vicki and Frank

Frank, does the song “A White Sport Coat and A Pink Carnation … all dressed up for the dance …” come to mind? 

Does anyone else have pictures or memories of [...]

Happy Bastille Day!

Today is Bastille Day the French national holiday celebrating the beginning of the French Revolution.

Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on July 14, 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th’s [...]