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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Today is the 3rd day of the week, the 14th day of the 6th month, the 166th day of 2016 [with only 193 shopping days until Christmas], and:
Army's Birthday – founded this day in 1775
Family History Day
Flag Day – in 1777 the Stars and Stripes were adopted by Congress as the flag of the United States.
National Bourbon Day -- In 1789 whiskey distilled from maize was first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig in Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was declared the national drink in 1964
National Strawberry Shortcake Day (( this not that ))
Own Your Share of America Day -- to encourage people to invest in American stocks, sponsored by the National Association of Investors Clubs
Pause for the Pledge Day -- in 1943 the US Supreme Court ruled schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs [Jehovah Witnesses].
In 1158 Munich was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. In 1949 Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) and became the first monkey in space. In 1959 the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, the Disneyland Monorail System, opened to the public in Anaheim, California. In 1962 the European Space Research Organization was established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. In 1966 the Vatican abolished the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557. In 1967 Mariner 5 probe was launched towards Venus.
Now obviously if you google quickly, you can see a lot more happened on this day in history. I only list the first recorded thing that I see and the stuff that interests me – which doesn’t always include wars and succession. But then again, since I am not an established guru, if I leave something out, what difference does it make?
“There is no such thing as a historical fact.” That is my pithy summation of EH Carr's [in]famous statement that "'the belief in a hard core of historical facts existing objectively independent of the interpretation of the historian is a preposterous fallacy'". I read somewhere once that what we call "revisionist history" was nothing more than a function of "selective omission"; we wash what has happened through our filters, changing our narratives to suit our needs. Cue Barbara Streisand singing The Way We Were:
“Memories may be beautiful and yet What's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget”
Ever wonder what historians of the future will say about us in these times? It is all about how we all want to perceived, neh? Yes, we can be dramatic - but instead of considering ourselves "drama queens," we prefer to call ourselves passionate and spirited. Instead of admitting to hate-mongering, we state we claim to be protecting ourselves [the country, the nation, the children, the way of life] against “them” [gays, immigrants, different religions, different races – anyone different, just pick one]. And then we mourn when someone snaps after listening to hate and does something unspeakable – but it isn’t “our fault, it is theirs’ and we have to respond to the threat “they” pose. I wonder if it will look like that to those who are looking back? IS this really who we want to be and how we want to be remembered?
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