Seattle World's Fair

Before my conscious memory, our family traveled to Seattle for the World's Fair. Whether we went in 1962 during the fair or in 1963 after the fair needs to be nailed down. I include this here because it seems clearer to me more and more that not only is language learned and personality developed during a child's pre-memory years but the whole spectrum of perception is established.

This is a link to a collector's website. It includes President Kennedy's opening of the fair from Florida.

Next is a short video of a young couple visiting the fair. Notice the couple is alone and everything is new and exciting. This seems to be more the perception and projection of the film maker.

My conscious experience of the fairgrounds was in the 1980's. I was part of a choir which toured that area of the continent and I took the opportunity to visit the remains of the science village. While there, I found a display of probability and statistics which I recently found again on-line. The original display has been dismantled, I'm told, due to lack of parts for repairs. Here is a Java version you can see on your computer.

Finally, in my search, I discovered a movie with Elvis Presley in or about the fair was made. I know nothing about this.

What were significant events in your family's history that happened after you were born but before you remember? How might have these events shaped your early perception of life and selected what was remember-able later on?