Re: [Harp-L] SPAH conventions

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 5, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Mick Zaklan wrote:

>    Michelle, thank you for your thoughts on this. I believe that if  
> SPAH
> didn't exist currently, it probably wouldn't have formed in today's
> environment. To me, it's almost a sociological thing.  When I first  
> went in
> '91; I noticed most members were of the WW ll and Korean War  
> generation.

When I first went in 91, I noticed the same thing.

> Those folks were joiners and organizers.  They went through the Great
> Depression and fought wars together.  Back then it was a status  
> thing to
> belong to a social group or organization.  They joined Elks, Moose  
> clubs,
> Shriners, Masons, VFW, American Legion, labor unions, etc., in great
> numbers.

I am a vet and NONE of my vet friends have joined the Legion or VFW.  
I think Viet Nam soured things.
>
big snip &<

> Mick Zaklan