Air Raid Drills
Does anyone else remember when we had air raid drills in Knightstown.?? Well, I do… We had blackout blinds at the windows which were thick black things that we were supposed to pull down at night, presumably, so enemy bombers wouldn’t be able to see us and drop their bombs on us. I remember one air raid drill. It was a fine summer night and everyone turned out the lights in their houses and went outside. It was fun for us kids because we got to stay up later than usual and play with our friends who were also outside. I think I got a spanking for not staying in the yard…
Looking back on it I wonder what the “powers that be” were thinking. Did they actually believe there was the remotest possibility that planes would fly all the way from Germany or Japan to bomb Knightstown, Indiana…???
