Saturday, April 18th.
Went to the Sons of Confederate Veterans Illinois Division annual convention in the downtown Springfield Hilton from 9 AM to 3PM. We had the meeting 27 floors up in the air with a great view of downtown Springfield, and especially the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, a few blocks away.
We did our division business and reports were given by each camp and officer. We broke for a delicious lunch, then had an interesting presentation by the commander of the Indiana Division on recruitment.
For more on this meeting, see my blog on the Civil War: http://sawtheelephant.blogspot.com.
RECYCLED RECORDS
When the meeting was over, I walked across the street from the Hilton and went to a favorite destination, Recycled Records, to look at their great collection of albums and CDs. Today was also National Record Store Day across the nation, a day to honor the old mom and pop stores as they are rapidly dying out.
I will sure miss them. Nothing is much more fun than flipping through albums and CDs and talking music to the informed and fans.
The place was packed and there was a local radio station playing some obscure stuff and doing a live broadcast (always better to have live than dead broadcasts).
I ended up buying seven CDs, including "Western Union" by the Five Americans and "History" by John Fred & the Playboys. Great songs on both. The other five CDs were Time-Life Country Collections from the 80s.
Next, Heading for Those Cozy Dogs. --RoadDog
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