On January 19, 2009 they let me ring the Liberty Bell. (symbolically of course, cause - the thing is broken) But it was one of the greatest honors I have ever had. Why did they let me do it? To tell you the truth I'm not sure, Colin Powell and Al Gore had gotten the honor previously and when they first called I had to ask whether they had gotten the right party. What I found out was they knew about something I had done for fun. I ran a mentoring program for teenaged girls. I'd get a group of seven or so and stuck with them for a year. Came to see them all of the time. I just liked doing it. But they thought it was one of those great reach back moments and they wanted me to talk to kids. Who knew? It's strange the stuff you think nobody sees is the stuff that pops up on you (both good and bad).
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