Put your brush
Back on the shelf
The darn thing
Needs a
Shave itself Burma Shave
1940
For most men life is a search for the proper manilla envelope in which to get themselves filed.
-- Clifton Fadiman
THE REVOLUTION
May 12, 1780 - The worst American defeat of the Revolutionary War occurs as the British capture Charleston and its 5400-man garrison (the entire southern American Army) along with four ships and a military arsenal. British losses are only 225.
May 25, 1780 - After a severe winter, Gen. Washington faces a serious threat of mutiny at his winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey. Two Continental regiments conduct an armed march through the camp and demand immediate payment of salary (overdue by 5 months) and full rations. Troops from Pennsylvania put down the rebellion. Two leaders of the protest are then hanged.
June 11, 1780 - A new Massachusetts constitution is endorsed asserting "all men are born free and equal," which includes black slaves.
June 13, 1780 - Gen. Horatio Gates is commissioned by Congress to command the Southern Army.
