As Kit Dobelle sees news during the early days of President Joe Bidenâs term, the Pittsfield resident will notice people we do not see, recognize customs we do not know are being followed.
She will look back at 1977, when she and her husband Evan walked into the White House, shortly after Jimmy Carterâs inauguration. They both served as Chief of Protocol.
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Kit Dobelle
Kit was 32 years old when she found herself on the worldâs political stage. She was there when the U.S. was normalizing relations with China and during the Camp David Accords.
âI was grateful to have a front row in history,â she said.
On a fall day in Philadelphia when my mother was 13, she walked out of class and saw people sobbing in the hallway. “What happened?” she asked. It was the day that President John F. Kennedy was shot. School was dismissed. Everyone went home and glued themselves to the television
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