Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Duck and cover Date:   8/9/2017 2:49:30 AM

Do you remember if you were in school during the Cold War, and particularly around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when they taught us to duck and cover our heads in the case of a missile strike?  What the heck were they thinking..... having seen the effects of a strike on Hiroshima, did any adult think that we could save ourselves from ducking and covering? 

Did you know that the center courtyard in the Pentagon, is referred to as Ground Zero? I'm not sure what is out there now, since 9/11 when they used it for victims in body bags from the hit on the Pentagon - but they used to keep it planted with Lilies, there are beautiful old magnolias, and in the summer there was a hot dog stand and sometimes a subset of one of the military bands would be out there playing on Fridays.  (Of course when you work there, you have no time to sit out there and listen to music)