Remembering My Date With Hillary In The Fort Worth Stockyards

Yesterday I found myself in a conversation which somehow brought up the last time I saw Hillary Clinton. I said I thought this was in 2016, when Hillary was campaigning against Trump in that year's presidential election. 

The person with whom I was conversing told me I was wrong, that it was not in 2016, that it was in 2008, when Hillary was campaigning to try and win the nomination for that year's presidential election.

I remembered that I did a blog post about that memorable day. I looked at the blog posts from 2016 and found none about Hillary.

Then I went back 8 years to 2008, and eventually found a blog post from March 1, 2008, titled "My Date With Hillary".

Almost 20 years ago. 

My blog posts back then were way longer than the current norm. With way more photos. My date with Hillary took place in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The "My Date With Hillary" post details that unique experience. 

The crowd was huge, filling the main street of the Stockyards. We entered the area from the actual Stockyards, a huge wooden structure with a walkway above the pens in which cattle used to be housed. That walkway led to an opening which brought us directly to the stage from which Hillary would soon speak. We got a closeup seat on the bleachers which had been erected for the event.

Security was tight for this, but somehow security missed the way we easily got in. 

Soon we saw Hillary making her way to the stage. A photo of that moment is the first photo in the "My Date With Hillary" post.

Of late I have made note of the fact that my memory is not as sharp as it once was. The blog is useful as a sort of diary, when I can't quite remember something. Trouble is, the blog only began back in 2008. A written record of moments before then are a bit more scarce.