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Macomb Reunion

Macomb Playground Reunion

Welcome to the web site for the 2008 Macomb Playground reunion!

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Washington, DC


If you want to add material to the web site,
please email Adam at adamcstern@aol.com.

Showing muscles at Macomb, circa 1965
Left to right: Glenn Workman, Joy Hallman,
and Daniel Workman.



Kickball 1966
Final Score: Macomb Girls 29, Friendship Girls 9
left to right: Mary Pat Cosimann, Suki Hoagland, Suzy Bakshian
Macomb boys participated, too -- in the cheering section.

(click on newspaper clipping for larger image)

Cheering Section 1966
Top: George Moore roots for his sister Marian "Babby" Moore.
Bottom: Meg Blanchette, Lisa Parks, and Faith Warner keep the umpires honest.
News Coverage
"Playground Regulars, All Grown Up, Keep Macomb Memories Alive," Washington Post, Sep. 15, 2008.

"Old Friends Say This Used to Be Their Playground," Northwest Current, Sep. 17, 2008 (article attached below).

Group Photo
        The Whole Gang Comes Back to Macomb, Sep. 13, 2008
                             (click on photo for larger image)

Photo Gallery
Reunion Photos taken by Amy Porter (view and print on Shutterfly.com).

Love Letter to Macomb

September 16, 2008

My Dearest Macomb Playground:

As you know, I had a serious crush on you when I was a kid. Everything about you made me happy. Seeing you again last weekend, after such a long time, made me fall in love all over again. Since leaving DC in 1975, I admit that I have had good relationships ...
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Reunion Reflections
Maria Otero
The reunion was an absolutely highlight, peak experience for me. I always knew that all of you, in spite of the age difference, in some way, had become my very dear friends and over the years I lamented having lost touch with all of you. You have no idea how many times ...
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Kai Hagen
I'd been greatly looking forward to the reunion from the first moment I got wind of it, and was not disappointed at all  (well ...except for the fact that there was just not enough time -- time to speak with everyone, to play some games, etc.). I'm grateful to Adam for thinking ...
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Marian Moore
Like all who have chimed in, I find that Saturday's events reverberate through my days. As Kai said, for each of us, the day was meaningful in different ways and for different reasons.  During my adolescence, there was a series of events that pulled the rug out from under ...
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                         Ready for Maul Ball 2008
  Sean Grogan and Laura Klein with ball signed by Roger Goodell.



                        Origins of the Macomb Reunion 2008
                   Adam Stern describes how the idea got started.