Everytime I read that I am reminded of how little it was liked at the time. Sacred words.November 19
1863 -
President Lincoln delivered the 272 word Gettysburg Address on on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Everytime I read that I am reminded of how little it was liked at the time. Sacred words.November 19
1863 -
President Lincoln delivered the 272 word Gettysburg Address on on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Everytime I read that I am reminded of how little it was liked at the time. Sacred words.
December 5
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. (Yay!)
I'll drink to that.December 5
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. (Yay!)
Mostly to our detrimentThe US is such a crazy quilt, with a great emphasis on local control. This not only gives us wet, dry, and moist towns and counties, but different zoning and building codes every few miles, multiple police agencies, school boards, fire departments, ordinances, yada, yada.
The US is such a crazy quilt, with a great emphasis on local control. This not only gives us wet, dry, and moist towns and counties, but different zoning and building codes every few miles, multiple police agencies, school boards, fire departments, ordinances, yada, yada.
December 7, 1941
At 7:55 am, Hawaiian - Aleutian Standard Time, the first Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor. In his speech to Congress, FDR called it a day that would live in infamy. As more WWII vets die, I wonder how long it will be remembered at all.
As someone who had grandkids in grade school at the time, that day was a total gut punch. I will stop talking now before I say something I shouldn't.December 14 2012