Mark Landers:
CLASS OF 1970
Bailey Middle SchoolClass of 1970
Kingston, NY
Naval War CollegeClass of 2000
Newport, RI
Naval Postgraduate SchoolClass of 1987
Monterey, CA
U.S. Naval AcademyClass of 1981
Annapolis, MD
Kingston High SchoolClass of 1973
Kingston, NY
Mark's Story
I recently looked at this ’73 Kingston High site and paged through the list of classmates. Regardless of where they are now or how well we might have known each other during this life, it made me pause and think of how very different we were when we were so young, but how time and fate closed those gaps to where we are now – obviously older with more caution, skepticism, and emotional scar tissue, but at the same time with more patience, acceptance, wisdom, and understanding of each other. In a certain and special way, that gives us a tighter bond now tha...Expand for more
n we had 50 years ago despite the passage of time, the ravages of faltering memory, and the challenges of geography.
And I should thank providence that I was raised in the small town of Hurley where growing up seemed like a storybook reflected in shows like Leave It To Beaver, Father Knows Best and the Sand Lot. Were all children given such a gift at birth and been raised where mothers and fathers, teachers, friends and colleagues watched over each other like their own, and forged our character and integrity, our nation may be a little better off today.
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