1983 just outside Chicago at the Holiday Inn. Still my favorite National. Three full days of buying and filled a few suitcases. I stopped by that location about 15 years ago and couldn't believe how small the ballroom was, at least by today's standards. I bypassed the first National in 1980. I went to the predecessor on Memorial Day in Anaheim, 1980. Mike Berkus told me that it was going to be better than a regular show and to come back down (The Anaheim shows were great in the day). A few friends of mine that attended rubbed it in.
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