My David Souter Story

It has just been announced that David Souter, a Supreme Court Justice, has announced his retirement. He is 69 years old. David Souter lives in Concord, New Hampshire and went to high school with my brother-in-law. They both went to Concord High School. My wife and I were married in Concord, New Hampshire and we had our reception at the New Hampshire Highway Motel. Outside on the veranda sat an old stagecoach as sort of a decoration. It was an authentic stagecoach and dated back to the mid eighteen hundreds when Concord had a thriving Coach-producing industry.
My brother-in-law loved to tell this story: On the night of high school graduation, some high school lads (David Souter among them as the story is told) decided to remove the rickety old stage coach from its accustomed spot in front of the motel and take it for a ride around the large field which separated the motel from the highway. Well, I guess eventually the gendarmes were called and everybody "almost" got in trouble, but in the end it was all chalked up to teenage mischief.
Little did anyone know that the "Pretend Lawman of the Western Plain" that night would become a famous lawman for the United States Constitution in later years.I don't know where the stagecoach is now. Probably in a museum someplace. The motel? Well, that was torn down and is now the spot for the Christa McAuliffe Museum in Concord, New Hampshire just off the Everett Turnpike. It is a very interesting place to visit. You should stop there sometime.