The American Drive-In
In these times you can pretty much drive to anywhere that you want. It was inevitible that the Americans created the drive-in theater. The first drive-in theater was built in New Jersey in 1933. By the end of the 1950's there was thousands of drive-in theaters. The man who thought up the ideal of the drive-in theater was named Richard Hollingshead. He held the patent on drive-in's until the 1950's. Most drive-in theaters were like the iconic American drive-in lore.
Families with children stuffed in the back and rowdy teenagers on one side and a couple who are not even interested in the movies on the other side. From that peak time in the fifties to now there are less then 400 screen open nationwide. This has been the perfect family outing for years, and probably will be for years to come.
I feel that drive-in's are great. They are a good place to take the kids and have a good time. By going to the drive-in you can see two movies for the price of one and you usually get to see the kids movie first and then the parents get to see something that they enjoy. Which usually by the time the second movie starts the kids are usually tired and starting to fall asleep.
I worry that one day there may not be a drive-in near us to beable to take the kids to at such a low price. We hear a lot about drive-in's closing. With this economy the way it is, I fear we will loose more drive-in's than what anyone wants. All we can do is go out and enjoy them and pray that our grandchildren will also get to go the drive-in with their families one day.
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