From the pages of Devil’s Elbow, the Magazine That’s Salty, Crusty, and Tough as a Boot ¥ Number 6 (119 Chestnut Street, Oxford, MS 38655; $7 for 4 issues)
By Lori Robbins
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The path to the birthplace takes you past the Pat and Dick gravesite, so be prepared and make sure your camera is loaded. Many of you might be tempted, as I was, to commemorate your visit by photographing yourself doing something clownish and disrespectful in front of the graves, i.e. holding your nose or leaping for joy. Of course, I would discourage that. For one thing, there are a lot of guards and docents standing around, and you never know but that they might turn your name in to the CIA or throw you off the grounds. Secondly, a visit to a Nixon site will be almost like a visit to a foreign country for most of us, and therefore you should try to show the same respect for the different values and beliefs of the “natives” that you would show while on a trip to any other exotic locale.
