![]() On the 4th of July 1870, the victorious steamer ROB’T E. Perhaps the most clamorous Independence Day brouhaha on the river occurred over 71 years before I entered the world. As a youngster, I was not a fan of loud explosions throwing aerial displays of colored flames, nor was I yet enthralled with a spooky steamboat nestling on a dark sheet of murky water. ![]() I know that we parked on the riverbank at the Coney Island Amusement Park above Cincinnati.īetween the clamor and commotion of the exploding fireworks and the foreboding vision of the steamboat lying so close on the dark waters of the Ohio River, I don’t recall which scared me the most. Mom, dad, and possibly my little brother Dickie and I were parked so close to the Steamer ISLAND QUEEN that I had to look up from the back window of our “machine” to see the top of the housing covering the enormous side paddlewheel. My earliest reminiscence of a 4th of July recognized on the river was sometime before 1947. How ironic, I recall thinking, that with all the extraordinary hype, money, and hoopla leading up to the bicentennial celebration, I knew then that my memory of the country’s 200th birthday would forever be remembering munching a box lunch with the Brit in the long red coat while the P. At noon, with the DENNY snuggly moored to a tree near Marmet Lock and Dam, a red-coated British officer reenactor and I shared a boxed chicken dinner at a picnic table overlooking the Great Kanawha River. DENNY for the first trip for both the boat and myself. On the 200th anniversary, the Bicentennial Year, 1976, I was aboard the newly built P. Tomorrow, of course, will be the 246th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to our nation known as the United States of America. ![]() Early this afternoon, the paddlewheelers will square off in a series of races to see which boat is the fastest among those gathered at the renewed “Sternwheel Regatta.” Send us feedback.Today’s a big day in Charleston, West “By God” Virginia. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reminiscence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Such frank moments punctuate this dense book, and these, more than strict reminiscence, constitute the personal nature of his history.Ĭlaire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. ![]() 2022 The book-for-one (though written as if others would read it as well, someday) contains 14 little chapters, each a reminiscence by a different friend/colleague. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2022 Both Licorice Pizza and West Side Story also revel in cinephilic reminiscence, though less memoiristically than Belfast. 2022 The whole walk after Crum Hall was maybe a mile, part reminiscence and part photo opp.īrett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2022 At the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday, the intrepid journalist got lost again, in a good way -in reminiscence and in conversation with Times columnist Mary McNamara. Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, As a result, 'Girls' is a bittersweet comedic reminiscence of what was a tragic time in pop culture. Recent Examples on the Web Still, its quick tempo and rockabilly reminiscence likely induce some foot tapping.Īllaire Nuss, EW.com, 17 June 2022 Those are notions that, as this winning little film reminiscence makes clear, are common to us all.
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