Mom - go see:

The website for the Neshoba County Fair.  Scroll down to the picture near the bottom of the home page.  Remember this?

Well, honestly, I'm not sure if that was the year we were there or not.  But, probably?

Okay, y'all, thank you for indulging me in a memory.  We weren't regular visitors to the Fair.  We aren't now.  But my mom used to be quite involved in the Republican Party in our state, and we were there the year that President Reagan was running for office.  (1980, when he ran for President, not the earlier election when he was unsuccessful in obtaining the Republican nomination).  Anyway, I wasn't that "involved" in political things at that time.  I was still a kid, and pretty much just went where my mom took me.  But I do remember hearing President Reagan speak that day.  I don't remember what he said, but I remember being there.  He arrived/left in a helicopter and the whole atmosphere surrounding his being there and speaking was electric, even for a 9'ish year old (stop.  quit doing the math in your head to figure out how old I am.  stop.  that's enough).  I remember thinking that it was a big deal for him to be there and for him to care enough about votes from our state to do some real old-fashioned campaigning at Mississippi's Giant House Party.
 
The Great Communicator.  He truly was.