January 13, 2007


If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau



Stores are full
Of shaving aids
But all you need
Is this
And blades
Burma Shave
1942


"We are not ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
- Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President





ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • Aug 29/30, 1862 - Union defeat at the second Battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. The Union Army retreats to Washington. The president then relieves Union commander Gen. John Pope.
  • Sept 17, 1862 - General Robert E. Pope. and the Confederate armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall, 26,000 men are dead, wounded or missing - the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.
  • Sept 22, 1862 - The president issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
  • Nov 5, 1862 - The president names Ambrose E. Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing McClellan.
  • Dec 13, 1862 - Army of the Potomac suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653 men. Confederate losses are 5,309.
    • Visiting Gen. George McClellan, Antietam, Maryland - 1862 In Gen. McClellan's tent - Oct 3, 1862 With Allan Pinkerton and Maj. Gen. McClernand - Oct 1862
    THE HISTORY PLACE


    "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
    James Madison



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Warren G. Harding He had a pet canary named "Bob" and a dog named "Laddie Boy.
    Warren G. Harding 1921-1923



    Marking mortal privation, when firmly in place. An enduring summation, inscribed in my face.
    What am I?



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    He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.
    1736


    A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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