On May 7, 11:38 am, wrote:
In another thread, to which Google for some unknown reason will not
let me post, Sam Sloan tells about attending the Republican National
Convention in 1964 (seehttp://tinyurl.com/5akoxl).
I watched most of the 1964 Republican Convention on television, and
Sam's account differs from my recollection on at least one important
point.
He claims to have been there for one day only, during which both the
voting for the nominee, and Goldwater's acceptance speech (with its
famous "extremism in the pursuit of liberty" line), took place.
However, as I recall, these took place on two separate days. The
usual schedule for national nominating conventions is that the voting
for the presidential nominee occurs on the penultimate day, while the
nominee's acceptance speech takes place on the final day of the
convention. As I recall, 1964 was no exception to this traditional
scheduling.
Therefore it seems that either:

1. Sam stayed in the Cow Palace for two days, not one. Or,
2. Sam's memory is confused, and at least some of the events he now
believes he saw in person, he actually only read about or watched on
TV. Or,
3. Sam has made the whole thing up. Or,
4. My memory is incorrect on the convention schedule.

Perhaps an informed reader can confirm this one way or another?

I have been thinking about the same question too and you might be
right.

I was only there for one day. That is for sure.

According to my recollection the convention ended on that day. However
my memory might be mistaken and Goldwater came back on the next day. I
remember the shock everyone felt when Goldwater named Bill Miller as
his vice-president.

I will check the newspaper archives to see if I can solve this.

Sam Sloan