CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Phil Williams: Red Dawn Remembered - LaGrange Daily News

CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Phil Williams: Red Dawn Remembered - LaGrange Daily News

I’m a child of the 80’s. I have iconic memories of Ronald Reagan, Pac Man, and seeing Van Halen live in ’81. It was big hair, big bands, and big times. It was cruising in my ’68 Mustang with Journey’s Escape album playing in a near endless loop on cassette. The 80’s were hanging out at the mall when I wasn’t working at the mall. It was High School football, prom dates, and hating Algebra. The 80’s were just cool. It was an era of growth and prid…