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| Above, the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas back in the day. |
Earlier, I saw a story about congress passing a resolution asking the U.S. Mint to mint a commemorative coin in 2026 for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The article mentioned that this would coincide with the 250th anniversary of our independence.
It is hard to believe that in three years it would be 50 years since we celebrated the nation's bicentennial in 1976.
My family celebrated bicentennial Independence Day weekend in Las Vegas with my aunt and uncle and a couple of cousins. One of the things we did was to take in the "Lido de Paris" show at the Stardust Hotel. It seemed a little bit weird at the time that our parents took us to a Las Vegas "titty-flop" (yes, there were some topless showgirls) show. But we (my cousins and I) were of age and survived. We had a great time.
The Stardust is long gone. It closed on November 1, 2006, and the two hotel towers were imploded on March 13, 2007.
Those were the days when Las Vegas wasn't crowded, affordable and was fun.
Here's a video about "Lido de Paris":
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