today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! Today’s Weather! Today in History!
Quote for today… “It is the Soldier, not the politician Who has given us the right to vote.” – Charles M. Province
[SOURCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER – http://iwvpa.net/provincecm/)
- Hot enough for you? The 2:53 pm reading at the Lancaster Airport: Temperature 91 degrees – Heat Index 95.1 degrees – Relaticve Humidity – 48%. First day of summer is June 21!
- “It happened in October, 1864. It was a pleasant Sunday and in the little community burial ground behind the village the pioneers of colonial times slept peacefully side by side with the recently fallen heroes of the Civil War.”
- “Memorial Day is different this year.” We happened across this blog entry from a deployed serviceman’s spouse reflecting what Memorial Day is about.
- Today, see the Kiltie Band of York in Marietta’s Memorial Day Parade which steps off at 11:00 am. According to the Turkey Hill Website, “Our Giant Cow will be participating in three Memorial Day parades the Marietta Memorial Day parade (Marietta, PA), the Mountville VFW Memorial Day parade (Mountville, PA) and the Kennett Square Memorial Day parade (Kennett Square, PA).”
- [NOTE: To the lady in the park who asked us about the 21-gun salute; please click on the “B – E – E – P! tab for an answer.]
- from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: County readers see two articles about Columbia – Unfortunately, this one (Motorist arrested at Memorial Day event in Columbia) is the page one story with a photo and a second photo on the “jump page” )
– this one (Holiday crowd packs streets of Columbia) tops the lead page of the B-Section .
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