The LuLac Edition #2067, May 27th, 2012

The Golden Gate Bridge. 

GOLDEN GATE AT 75 

If you have ever stood on it, traveled on it, gazed at it from afar, unless you have no soul, one of the greatest memories of your lifetime will be seeing it. The Golden Gate Bridge. Today, in San Francisco a ceremony will commemorate the opening of that majestic span. The Golden Gate Bridge is an engineering marvel that is iconic in its stature in this country. Plus, its construction gave the west something the east coast had long owned: recognizable architectural monuments. The construction of the Golden Gate did that. Now 75 years old, the splendor is still there. The Bridge has become a symbol of what a country can do, when paired with business and government and hard work and determination of people wanting to work. It is a symbol of what happens when individuals undertake a project bigger than themselves. Here’s a report from AP: