Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009

He brought us the sad news of a President cut down in the streets of Dallas, featured a nightly review of a war going terribly wrong in Vietnam, one that would force another President from his post and lead to the shocking developments of a convention in Chicago. He outlined the story of disgrace of a President forced from office under scandal and of one the most momentous occasions for the world, of man landing on the moon.

Walter Cronkite was our eyewitness to modern history and after 92 years he has passed on to his reward, where we imagine an ace reporter is about to join the ranks of St. Peter’s chroniclers, ready to get the scoop on what happens behind the gates…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 0065848440 )-