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COL Mustard

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16. You and I graduated the same year.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #2)

Mon May 25, 2026, 08:48 AM

20 hrs ago

I remember how proud I was to graduate in the Bicentennial Year, with all the patriotic displays and fervor that we had back then, at least in my part of the country. We've lost so much since then, and the pace is accelerating.

I know several of my HS classmates have died since then but I'm sure there are others that I don't know about.

Not sure if we are having a reunion, so graduation may have been the last time I saw some of those folks.

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Great post for Memorial Day senseandsensibility Sunday #1

My class had about 650 kids PJMcK Sunday #2

And I also grieve for the ones who came home wounded in body or mind, niyad Sunday #12

You and I graduated the same year. COL Mustard 20 hrs ago #16

1967 here. About the same number of grads. Joinfortmill Sunday #3

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64 also. tavernier Sunday #7

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106 in my 1963 class. MineralMan Sunday #11

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I'm so sorry you lost your friend MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #14

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I was the organist at Arlington Cemetery for 5 years. oberle 14 hrs ago #24

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I remember the draft lottery on TV. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #27

I graduated in 1961 in a class of 482 Jilly_in_VA 10 hrs ago #28