Ridley's
Believe It Or Not--April 13, 2014:
To complement Palm Sunday, I
found these unknown holidays worthy of mention or
celebrating in a culinary fashion to go with
the factoids and quote to enjoy as you may be watch the final round of the
Masters and enjoying a peach cobbler.
1. Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday—celebrating
the birthday of our third President on April 13, 1743—truly one of the great Presidents
of this nation, author of the Declaration of Independence and the driving force
behind the Louisiana Purchase.
1.
2. National Scrabble Day—commemorating
the birth of the Alfred Butts, designer of the extremely popular game on April
13, 1899 who while as an out-of-work architect designed the game in 1938. If you ever have all the tiles and want to
spell the word “scrabble” and are challenged, it means to “scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold onto
something.”
2. 3. National Peach Cobbler Day—celebrating a tasty treat that should be
on the top of everyone’s favorite list.
3. On
this day in:
a. 1902 James C. Penny opened his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming;
114 years later the company is still a major retailer but struggling to stay
alive.
b. 1943 the Jefferson Memorial was
opened in Washington, D.C.
c. 1976 the U.S. reintroduced
the Jefferson Two Dollar Bill.
Wise thoughts as we enjoy Palm Sunday and approach Passover. Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak
minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her
tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the
existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the
homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.” Thomas Jefferson
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost
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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
Congressman McAllister on camera kissing passionately his female staffer; 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; 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.
©April 13, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.twitter.com/alaskanpoet
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