Who knew? I was green and carefree, as the saying goes.

Guess his inability to see the future is an occupational hazard!


On Sep 13, 2014, at 4:41 PM, James Ayres <jay...@cvctx.com> wrote:

> And if you go into this link, you can hear him being interviewed about his 
> forthcoming adventure with Colbert.  
> marfapublicradio.org/.../historian-lonn-taylor-of-fort-davis-appears-on-the- 
> colbert-report/‎
> 
> Doc
> 
> 
> On Sep 12, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Laura Smith wrote:
> 
>> Wow Jerald. Just tried to watch the clip but cant get it here (last day of a 
>> visit to my aunt and uncle in Germany.) I will watch the clip when i get  
>> home tomorrow)  Lonn was curator at Winedale, then went to be a curator at 
>> the Smithsonian (southwestern history maybe), and he retired from there,. 
>> historian friends knew him at UT.  It will be fun to see the clip.. thanks 
>> for spreading the word.  remember how we were always on the lookout for Lonn 
>> when we'd all be sitting on the roof of the barn ---stars above and 
>> fireflies below... where Lonn had forbidden us to be?  Made the roof even 
>> more special...
>> 
>> On Sep 12, 2014 8:36 PM, "Jerald Head" <jlhead1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So I was going through my dvr list tonight as I was catching up on this 
>> weeks recordings, when I stopped on the recordings of "The Colbert Report." 
>> I was scanning down the list and saw one of the interviews was with Lonn 
>> Taylor, a historian from Texas, regarding the origins of the "Star Spangled 
>> Banner," and the flag over Ft McHenry. I thought surely this could not be 
>> the same Lonn Taylor who with his wife were at some of the early days at 
>> Winedale. Particularly I remember him there in my fall class of 1973 and 
>> then in the summers following. There are so few of us from left that era, 
>> much less who would be on The Colbert Report. But indeed it was the same 
>> guy. At this time I cannot remember what his role was in Winedale and its 
>> history but for sure it was one and the same man. His voice had the same 
>> tone and accent. I hate to say it, but I was surprised to see him among the 
>> living, much less on national television.  I think very few of us would 
>> remember him, but seeing the video, will doubtlessly trigger some memory.
>> 
>> http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/ndpng7/lonn-taylor
>> 
>> Jerald
>> 
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