Constant Readers : Les Murray—”The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever”
“June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.” National Photo Co.
October 28, 1985. The Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Les Murray reads aloud “The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever”