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DAYS TO KEEP IN MIND
• July 1-July 3, 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg
• July 2, 1964: Civil Rights Act passed (President Lyndon Johnson)
Thur July 2 World UFO Day
Thur July 2 National Wildland Firefighter Day
Sat July 4 Independence Day!!
Sun July 5 National Workaholics Day (Take the day off !)
Tue July 7 World Chocolate Day
Sun July 12 Malala Day
Wed July 15 National "Give Something Away" Day
• July 19-July 20, 1848: Seneca Falls Convention (aka the Woman's
Rights Convention) held in New York, fought for equal religious,
social, and civil rights of women.
• July 29, 1958: President Eisenhower signed the National
Aeronautics and Space Act into law, creating NASA.
America the Beautiful! Like a treasure hunter who keeps finding
gold in her own backyard, I have little desire to travel to other
countries — though, ironically, I was born in one. I feel there is so
much beauty to discover right here in the United States. As far as
travel goes, my carbon footprint is pretty low! As we celebrate our
nation's 250th anniversary, I'll let Woody Guthrie do the talking:
"This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the
New York island, from the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
this land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless
skyway; I saw below me that golden valley; this land was made for
you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps, to the sparkling
sands of her diamond deserts; and all around me a voice was sounding;
this land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, and the wheat fields
waving and the dust clouds rolling, as the fog was lifting a voice was
chanting: This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there, and on the sign it said "No
Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was
made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, by the relief office I
seen my people; as they stood there hungry, I stood there asking, 'Is
this land made for you and me?'
Nobody living can ever stop me, as I go walking that freedom highway;
nobody living can ever make me turn back. this land was made for
you and me."
Have a fun, safe Fourth of July,
and Happy 250
th
Birthday, America!
-Julie Flunn
