There were very few military brats (American kids) in the area (all our fathers were in the Coast Guard), so shortly after this picture was taken (I’m obviously the one in the middle) I was then home-schooled with a U.S. government correspondence course until we moved back to the States.  I often wonder what the Spanish thought of us celebrating the Bicentennial that July 1976!

By an incredible coincidence, in 2014, the girl in the red dress above, Marlene Kurkierewicz (Houtz),  was discovered to be in this picture by her daughter, Melissa Lee Gagnon.  They reached out to me on social media to identify her.  Now the challenge is to find out who the blonde girl is!