15 Minutes of Fame

During a vacation, my husband and I visited Mt. Vernon -- the home of George Washington. As we walked along the grounds, memories came flooding back of a trip I made with a fife and drum corps. I asked a park employee how often drum corps perform, mentioning that I had once marched up through here (pointing the way). He looked perplexed and said they don't. He explained only one corps is allowed to do that, and it's a corps steeped in history and tradition. I know the corps he's talking about ... they escorted us in and we performed on the lawn. A "mini parade" of sorts. I never knew as a kid, but we apparently had a special invite to do this. I can only assume someone in our corps knew someone in their corps.

So, as hubby and I strolled around the grounds, snapping pictures as we went, it occurred to me that somewhere out there are photographs of me during that event. I remember, after our performance and still in uniform, we were allowed to break off and run around (as kids do) and people were asking to take our picture. My friend and I would look at each other as if saying, "what on earth do they want our picture for?", just said, "Okay" and smiled.

So that is my claim to fame. I didn't have a clue people looked at us as a tourist attraction. How hysterical to think our pictures are in photo albums as part of their vacation memories! I believe I have a couple pics of that day. I'll dig them out and post them ... maybe someone out there will recognize us. LOL

Escorting us in.