Happy birthday to (paraphrase Stephen Colbert) friend of the blog, Monte Schulz. Has it been a year already? Aaugh!
On July 7, 2001, Monte accepted, on behalf of his late father, the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress. This picture shows Monte at the ceremony, with J. Dennis Hastert, then the Speaker of the House. Monte’s stepmother, Jean, is holding the medal.
This, of course, is Monte’s father, Charles M. Schulz…
… and this is the Peanuts comic strip that was published the day Monte turned twelve. The inscription seems to read, “For the Coroles.”
That “Peanuts” strip isn’t a copy, it’s the original art. The images were grabbed from an eBay auction several years ago.
Doug, I remember reading that particular bit in one of the Peanuts books at Christmas to Dad. He really liked this segment. What’s that? An autograph on the final frame? Is this YOUR copy?
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Monte! Age is a state of mind. Right now my Dad (81 but sounds 31) keeps saying he’s waiting for Auntie Em to wake him up and he’ll be a kid again! I can’t cope with having a president younger than me; still can’t wrap my brain around it.