GD way before my time...do people still use those ugly looking, trashy, goodwill store, tie dye masterpieces when listening ?
August 2
1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant ~ Anet, France, designed Washington DC....in a letter dated March 1791, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following:
Sir,--- You are desired to proceed to Georgetown, where you will find Mr. Elliot employed in making a survey and map of the federal territory. The special object of asking your aid is to have drawings of the particular grounds most likely to be approved for the site of the federal town and buildings. you will therefore be pleased to begin on the eastern branch, and proceed from thence upwards, laying down the hills, valleys, morasses, and waters between that, the Potomic, the Tyler, and the road leading from Georgetown to the eastern branch, and connecting the whole with certain fixed points of the map Mr. Elliot is preparing. Some idea of the height of the hills above the base on which they stand, would be desirable. For necessary assistance and expenses, be pleased to apply to the Mayor of Georgetown, who is written to on this subject. I will beg the favor of you to mark to me your progress about twice a week, by letter, say every Wednesday and Saturday evening, that I may be able in proper time to draw your attention to some other objects, which I have not at this moment sufficient information to define. I am, with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient humble servant. ~TJ ~
1834 - Frederic Auguste Bartholdi ~ Colmer, France - Sculptor the Statue of Liberty
ahh, the French ~ Vive ~ and we don't even have a French Avatar--- SHAME on wgt !
~ Bye the Bye ~
1100 ~ King William II of England is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting....accident ?
1492 ~ Jews are expelled from Spain
1776 ~ The formal signing of The Declaration of Independence by 56 people
1790 ~ 1st US Census is conducted -- 3,939,214 folk -- 697,624 slaves
1909 ~ 1st Lincoln Head pennies minted --- I luckily have a 1909 S VDB
~ gotta love Saturday ~