250 years , i had a hard time with 200

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   back in the mid seventies the architectural office i was working at took on a town remod project in preparation of the 200th anniversary of our country , ive mentioned it often enough here ill not belabor that story , my thoughts today are focused more on my families experience then , my fathers dixie band was preparing their summer performance at the local festival , i got involved in that event , ive discussed that as well here , so i wont belabor that either , 
what crosses my mind is that so many went out of their way to celebrate it , they put so much effort into it , it was a true celebration in my home town , i think it was the last event my father was really involved in as he died shortly after that , 

but here we are 50 years later - i never thought id see this , i cant believe its been 50 years since i was last thinking of this - back then there was no internet , there was no social media , i was drafting with a pencil and machine /parallel bar on my home based boards and the plans i drew were still printed from the original vellums i drew on , i still have the machine , the larger board and parallels bar are gone with my first retirement , had followed me from high school thru college and all the way thru life to here - that too amazes me , 

this is a momentous year in our lives , my wife and i intend to do a tip to take in the celebrations in some way , not sure what that might be yet , i dubt ill live to see the 275th spo gonna enjoy this one