We all gathered in Smithfield and when he came through the door we met him with a "Surprise" and then broke out into the "Happy Birthday" song.
Just like Brock a few days before he was awarded his own birthday button
The kids loved the buffet, cake and ice cream of course!
The kids were excited to see him opening gifts
The kids picked out a brown corduroy hat,
a slinky
and a Sheriff's badge for their grandpa
Everyone had a great time fellowshiping and catching up with everyone
It's amazing the history that Mr. Lee has been able to witness first hand. He has bought gas at .10 and now at 3.89; here are just a few more things that Mr. Lee has been able to witness first hand
1931 “The Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes national anthem
1932 Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly Atlantic solo (May 20-21)
1934 Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana
1937 Amelia Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan vanish over the Pacific Ocean on their Round-the-World Flight
1939 Gone with the Wind premieres
1940 The first Social Security benefit checks are paid out
1940 The first McDonald's hamburger stand opens in Pasadena, Calif.
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 Bing Crosby releases "White Christmas
1944 Scientists at Harvard University construct the first automatic, general-purpose digital computer.
1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki
1947 The Yankees beat the Dodgers in seven games in the first televised World Series.
1947 The microwave oven is invented by Percy Spencer (US).1950 Saturday morning children's programming begin and Charles Schulz introduces the Peanuts comic strip.
1954 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that segregated schools are unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education
1956 With many hit singles (including "Heartbreak Hotel"), Elvis Presley emerges as one of the world's first rock stars.
Late 1960's color tv's
1969 Walking on the Moon
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
2001 World Trade Center is destroyed by Terrorist
Just another reminder of where are greatest History is stored
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