March 3, 1931.
President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing the massive overnight British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. Key, an American lawyer, watched the siege while under detainment on a British ship and penned the famous words after observing with awe that Fort McHenry’s flag survived the 1,800-bomb assault.
After circulating as a handbill, the patriotic lyrics were published in a Baltimore newspaper on September 20, 1814. Key’s words were later set to the tune of “To Anacreon in Heaven,” a popular English song. Throughout the 19th century, “The Star-Spangled Banner” was regarded as the national anthem by most branches of the U.S. armed forces and other groups, but it was not until 1916, and the signing of an executive order by President Woodrow Wilson, that it was formally designated as such. In March 1931, Congress passed an act confirming Wilson’s presidential order, and on March 3 President Hoover signed it into law.
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Beautiful video celebrating our national anthem. Thanks, Stella! The singer is a Belgian tenor named Helmut Lotti born in 1969 and who performs in several styles and languages. (Wikipedia)
Stellars…have a wonderful Friday!
Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina…
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Mornin’ Lucille!
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Good day to you, Stella!
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A bit of American history….
The Story of Iconic Photos: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper
Author: Libby – Printique by Adorama
Have you ever wondered about the story behind the famous photograph of construction workers eating lunch on a steel beam above Manhattan? Is the photo real or fake?
https://www.printique.com/blog/the-story-of-iconic-photos-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper/
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Makes me dizzy just lookin’ at it.
Morning Lucille!!
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Me, too.
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Good afternoon, weather. I can’t even imagine doing such a thing…makes me shake just contemplating it. Fearlessness isn’t in my repertoire.
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Mornin’ kids!
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Mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Stella!
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Good afternoon, Miz Wee! Until about two weeks ago I hadn’t even heard of this case, nor did I know what an influence (benign dictatorial) he and his father and grandfather had been in the region. What a piece of work they all were, though he certainly is the worst of the lot. Gifted by the Father of Lies.
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Good article.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/is_resistance_futile.html
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Good stuff in there, Miss Wee. In case you were wondering, it’s 5:00+! 😉
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Good morning everybody! Gray, blah day today. It’s not too cold though, so there’s that!
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Just checked the weather – we are supposed to get several inches of SNOW today! Blah!
* WHAT…Heavy wet snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches. Winds gust as high as 35 to 45 mph.
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Sorry. We are bright, sunny, cool, breezy, perfect. Dreading April, the beginning of hot, still, muggy and awful until late October.
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You deserve days like these for all the hot, still, muggy and awful days that come later.
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I didn’t realize the hot and muggy where you are extended that far into fall! Something to brace for every year. During the 18 years we were in MN (’93-’11), I felt that way in November, because I knew what was coming and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. It’s been such a relief to be free of that.
I hadn’t understood before we lived there those 18 years that most of the bitterest weather in MN drops straight south out of Canada, having just left the areas of the Arctic. Before that, I had assumed it was the same weather I grew up with in NE MT, which came primarily from the west.
The west to east track still happens in MN, sometimes viciously way below zero (-40F air temp), but the winter pattern is north to south. I got really tired of seeing those bright white, etc. wide “arrows” on the weather maps, pointing straight at us, due to arrive in a couple of days.
Do you sometimes get some unexpected “relief days” during that long hot,muggy period? I hope so!
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Sometimes in April and May a day or so will have less humidity, and then used to be week long periods in September and October, but not lately.
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Mornin’ All. Snowed again last night, but it was only a little fluffy snow. It is 25* and a little cloudy. A really pretty day so far.
I was glad they found Murdaugh guilty. I am sure he is. I just heard that the jury had made the decision in the first 15 min. but decided to go over the details or something which is what took as long as it did.
Have a nice day. I am going to fix some breakfast.
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Don’t tell Greta. I’m driving to Gulfport (about 60 miles each way) to deliver a dress shirt for the GGS to wear to his first fancy JrROTC party.
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What a darling Greatgrandma you are. 🙂
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Got roped into taking him for a haircut and dinner as well.
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And, did that make you unhappy?
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Waiting in the barbershop, nice but rather Goth clientele. Planning to go to Chili’s. Haven’t had their food in years.
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Me neither.
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Funny Story from Justin Rhodes (a YouTube farmer in NC)
See how much a farm kid is in touch with reality.
One day I was out in the pasture with my cows and my daughter, who was maybe eight at the time. She looks over at Stud Muffin, our well endowed bull, and says, “Papa, when we butcher Stud Muffin can I keep his balls for a purse?”
Oh man, I laughed and laughed. That was such a fitting thing to say for my princess cow girl. I call her that because she’s both prissy and rough and tumble. For example, she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. One of her favorite things to do while butchering turkeys is to take the neck skin and make a ladies ball room glove out of it!
Another thing that struck me that day was just how in tune she is with nature… how she saw that natural pouch shaped scrotum and made plans for something useful. My answer to her that day, was “sure” and honest to God, I will let her try when it comes time to harvest him.
But, here’s the kicker. When I interviewed Shaun Deller (expert in Primitive Skills) he shared about how the Indigenous people of America used to see the same thing Lily did and that’s really a thing. You can make a pouch from the scrotum!
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LOL. 😯 I like the part where he said she was “both prissy and rough and tumble”.
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She’s an adorable little blue-eyed blonde, named Lily. She milks cows every morning, raises rabbits, feeds chickens, and helps her dad and brothers clear brush and trees to expand their pasture. Helps with butchering and cooks meals too.
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PS: She is taking horse riding lessons, wears cowboy boots, and is trying hard to convince her dad to get her a horse. That’s one of the reasons why she is helping to clear pasture land.
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Lily reminds me of the young boy whose parents were our MN friends and neighbors. Jerry loved farming with his dad, working outside all year-round–helping with the hundred cows ‘n their babies, and the hundreds of acres of corn and grain. He couldn’t wait to start school in the fall of his sixth year.
About mid-April, Jerry saw it was time to get in the fields again, so mentioned to his parents that he would have to stop going to school now to help dad. He was shocked to learn that that was not an option. When they saw his disappointment, they explained as well as they could.
His response as he melted into tears: “I wouldn’t have let you sign me up if I knew I had to go all year!!”
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Sweet story! In Lily’s case, she is home schooled, along with her brothers, so she doesn’t have to leave the farm.
Here is a picture of the Rhodes family, and one of Lily with her little brother, Gideon, and her dad. Both pics are a couple of years old.
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What a sweetie.
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Nice looking family. Looks like the dog is related to Hannah.
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Their kids are really attractive; more than they look in these photos.
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Hope Stud Muffin lives a nice, long life and die peacefully of a natural death.
When I was living way out in the Canadian countryside there was a cattle ranch across the roadway. One day I heard a whole bunch of rifle shots. Scared the heck out of me since I was home alone during the day while everyone was at work plus it wasn’t hunting season. Told my nephew when he got home. He just laughed and said the rifle shots were likely caused when the rancher killed a couple of cattle for butchering. Who knew!
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Stud will probably be harvested for meat. And your nephew is right. That is how they are dispatched, usually right in the field. That way they die quickly and without fear, in their natural surroundings.
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It was 1952. I was in first grade.
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First time I heard the Lysol song.
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