« Brand New Speedway Boogie | Main | Can't be any gift of perfection » Vacation in Sunny Tierra AmarillaIn my last post, I mentioned my drive to Denver, then toward San Francisco as far as Utah, in the summer of '67. I set out on this trip a day or two after I graduated from high school. My brother read the post, and reminded me of a little drama I encountered along the way, on June 5, 1967. I just happened to drive through Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico as members of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes took the courthouse by force. There was gunfire as I drove through town with my head down, pedal to the m etal. As I left town I passed a long stream of National Guardsmen. Pretty exciting. Coincidentally the Six-Day War started that same day; war news was background for my whole short trip.
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