1. International
Day of the Unborn Child--started
by Pope John Paul II in 1999 to commemorate the right to be born.
2. Tolkien Reading Day--started by the Tolkien Society in 2003 to encourage the
reading of books by Tolkien, Hobbit costumes not required.
3. Vårfrudagen or
"Waffle Day"--definitely
another holiday to sink your teeth into, celebrated in Sweden, but here in the
U.S. on August 24, the date the waffle iron was patented.
4. National
Medal of Honor Day--designated by Congress as a national day to commemorate
the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor the highest award a soldier
can receive, first awarded on March 25, 1863; this is a very select fraternity
and in February of this year Orange County resident and Medal of Honor winner
Walter D. Ehlers passed away at 92.
On this
day in:
a. 1894 in one of the first
protest marches in American History, Coxey's army of 100 men marched from
Massillon, Ohio to the White House adding hundreds along the way, protesting
unemployment arising out of the panic of 1893 and demanding public works
(shovel ready-sound familiar) to put people back to work.
b. 1949 in a preview of what
could happen if Putin's appetite for annexing parts of Eastern Europe is not
deterred, the Soviets deported 92,000 people from Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania into the remote interiors of the Soviet Union, from which most likely
very few returned.
c. 1995
the first wiki, wikiwikiweb was made public by Ward Cunningham.
There is
strong and then there is army medal strong: “There are two kinds of people in this world – those who get things
done and those who take credit for getting things done; belong to the first
group, there is much less competition.” Francis. S. Currey, US Army Medal
of Honor winner during WW II.
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
for poems on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a losing record; to honor
Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a rare disease who
competed in last year's Iditarod until forced out with a broken pelvis after
600 miles; on Bode Miller and the human spirit; for Cupid on Valentine's Day;
to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of my poems to inspire,
touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy
Times for poems on the death of Pastor Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro
Baptist Church; Obama's "sanctions" compared to Rolling Thunder 49
years ago: Mustangs advance in the Dance
to await the Shockers; Russian Roulette with Putin; EPA's war against a Wyoming
family; on Jolly's upset win over Sink in the House's 13th District of Florida;
China's red line on war in Korea; De Blasio's payback to his union contributors
by attacking charter schools; Rutgers' faculty despicable attempt to ban Condi
Rice from being a commencement speaker; Newport Beach's assault on recovery
homes, including the Ohio House; on students protesting Keystone XL as the
world's largest oil producer militarily occupies the Crimea: the banning the
wearing of the American flag on Cinco de Mayo to join numerous other comments
on news events always in rhyme of course.
©March 25, 2014 Michael P.
Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/alaskanpoet Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times Ridley's Believe It Or Not www.facebook.com/Alaskanpoet www.linkedin.com/in/octechlaw
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