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WERE YOU ALIVE DURING the bi-centennial year of 1976? It was a grand year for this country, turning all of two hundred years old! There were special celebrations and commemorative money and stamps were produced, along with many other items marking that milestone in the history of our nation.

The year was monumental for me, as well, all unrelated to the birthday of the country. It did, however, have to do with a birthday. Make that a birth day. One that would change my life forever. It was on this precise day of that bi-centennial year, at this precise moment, that I heard the words "It's a boy!" and celebrated the life of my son--a thrill unlike any I had previously known.



Thirty-three years hence, the celebration continues. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, dear Justin!









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