2 Responses to General Discussion, Tuesday, March 3, 2026

1. Lucille says:

   March 3, 2026 at 1:06 am

   Stellars…it’s Tuesday, March 3 and on this day in history, the following happened (among dozens of other examples)…. 

   1837 US President Andrew Jackson & Congress recognize the Republic of Texas.

   1845 Florida becomes 27th state of the Union.

   1855 US Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use. The U.S. Camel Corps (1856-1865) had 70 camels used during westward migration and for long-range patrols. When the Army didn’t find them particularly useful, the camels were sold off or set free. There were reported camel sightings until the 1940s.

   This is the only known surviving photo (1863) and was taken at Drum Barracks, San Pedro, California. You can see the camel just left of center.

   

   1863 Idaho Territory incorporated from parts of area split from Dakota, Nebraska, and Washington territories; now consists of states of Idaho. Montana, and most of Wyoming.

   1931 “The Star-Spangled Banner” officially becomes the US national anthem by congressional resolution; lyrics by Francis Scott Key in 1814 are set to John Stafford Smith’s 18th-century tune “The Anacreontic Song.”

   1989 Robert McFarlane gets a $20,000 fine and two years probation for pleading guilty to withholding information from Congress in the Iran-Contra illegal arms-for-hostages scandal.

   

   Thank you for remembering our service!

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2. Lucille says:

   March 3, 2026 at 1:11 am

   Resurfaced Clip of Trump Telling Host His Plan for Iran in 1980 Goes Viral

   Posted by The Rubin Report – March 2, 2026

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