6540 Franconia Road, Springfield, Virginia 22150 

1966:      

 The Vietnam war was in full swing
Gatorade had just been invented

Lyndon Johnson was President of the United States
“A Man for All Seasons” won the Best Picture Oscar

There had never been a “Super Bowl”
Medicare for the aged was initiated July 1, 1966

Cassette tapes were just being introduced
The Boston Celtics played the LA Lakers for the NBA Championship  (!)    
Surveyor I soft landed on the Moon June 2, 1966
“Strangers in the Night” won the Grammy for Record of the Year
The FDA released "the Pill" for human use
The first episode of "Star Trek" aired on September 8, 1966
Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Va.  graduated 396 students on June 6, 1966

Robert E. Lee High School

Class of 1966 40th Anniversary Reunion
Was held

Saturday July 1, 2006
6:00 PM until 12:00 Midnight

The Four Seasons Hotel/Georgetown
2800 Pa. Ave. N.W. Washington, DC

Looks like Pat (Spangler) Slusher and Barbara (Foster) May sent

their daughters to stand in for them at the Reunion !

 

To view Pat and Jeff Slusher's Pictures of the 40th Reunion, Click Here

 

Note: If you have pictures of the Reunion and would like to share them with others, send them to

webmaster@lee66.com or drop us a note where we can pick them up !!

 

For a list of those who attended the Reunion,  click here 

Congratulations !!!!  to our intrepid Springfield-based Project Lancer Planning Team:

 Henry Butler, Barbara (Foster) May, Dick Schoen and Ken Lawrence.

Joining in from out of town were Gayle (Grissom) Skelton of Atlanta and Betsy Luck of New Bern, NC.

Henry Butler       Barbara (Foster) May           Dick Schoen

Ken Lawrence          Gayle (Grissom) Skelton              Betsy Luck

 

It has now been 43 years since Graduation !!

            

June 6, 1966

Anybody remember this moment??

 ( A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ! )

 

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