It is great fun to read your recollections of 'ole Lonn.  I have some to add. E.g, in 1973,  telling me in the presence of the Winedale advisory Board that doing Shakespeare in the barn "would never work."  And in 1974, that that summer would have to be our last.  His title, by the way, was "manager" of the Winedale Historical Center.  He and his wife, Dianne, lived in what is now the Winedale office.  The University asked him to resign after an unfortunate incident in '76.  I saw him last the day I married JoAnn in '95.  He has spent the last decade or so at Fort Bend, Texas. Check out this site: bigbendnow.com/tag/lonn-taylor/
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On Sep 12, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Laura Smith wrote:

Wow Jerald. Just tried to watch the clip but cant get it here (last day of a visit to my aunt and uncle in Germany.) I will watch the clip when i get  home tomorrow)  Lonn was curator at Winedale, then went to be a curator at the Smithsonian (southwestern history maybe), and he retired from there,. historian friends knew him at UT.  It will be fun to see the clip.. thanks for spreading the word.  remember how we were always on the lookout for Lonn when we'd all be sitting on the roof of the barn ---stars above and fireflies below... where Lonn had forbidden us to be?  Made the roof even more special...

On Sep 12, 2014 8:36 PM, "Jerald Head" <jlhead1952@gmail.com> wrote:
So I was going through my dvr list tonight as I was catching up on this weeks recordings, when I stopped on the recordings of "The Colbert Report." I was scanning down the list and saw one of the interviews was with Lonn Taylor, a historian from Texas, regarding the origins of the "Star Spangled Banner," and the flag over Ft McHenry. I thought surely this could not be the same Lonn Taylor who with his wife were at some of the early days at Winedale. Particularly I remember him there in my fall class of 1973 and then in the summers following. There are so few of us from left that era, much less who would be on The Colbert Report. But indeed it was the same guy. At this time I cannot remember what his role was in Winedale and its history but for sure it was one and the same man. His voice had the same tone and accent. I hate to say it, but I was surprised to see him among the living, much less on national television.  I think very few of us would remember him, but seeing the video, will doubtlessly trigger some memory.

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/ndpng7/lonn-taylor

Jerald

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