December 10, 2006


Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
Lady Bird Johnson



Substitutes
Would irk a saint
You hope they are
What you know
They ain't
Burma Shave
1940


Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
-- W. R. Inge





THE REVOLUTION
  • April 4, 1782 - Sir Guy Carleton becomes the new commander of British forces in America, replacing Gen. Clinton. Carleton will implement the new British policy of ending hostilities and withdraw British troops from America.
  • April 12, 1782 - Peace talks begin in Paris between Ben Franklin and Richard Oswald of Britain.
  • April 16, 1782 - Gen. Washington establishes American army headquarters at Newburgh, New York.
  • April 19, 1782 - The Dutch recognize the United States of America as a result of negotiations conducted in the Netherlands by John Adams.
  • June 11, 1782 - The British evacuate Savannah, Georgia.
  • June 20, 1782 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States of America.
    • THE HISTORY PLACE


    It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
    George Washington



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Richard Nixon He had the White House swimming pool filled in to give the press more room to stand when covering White House events.
    Richard Nixon1969-1974



    If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?



    You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.



    Opportunity is the great Bawd.
    1735


    I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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