Poor William's Almanack, August 1, 2005, Warriors Return

Ben Franklin's bifocals Monday, August 1, 2005

[1819 - Herman Melville, author, born in New York City]

[1876 - Colorado entered the Union]

[1941 - Ron Brown, Clinton Commerce Secretary, born in Washington, D.C.]

[1942 - Jerry Garcia, guitarist, Grateful Dead, born in San Francisco]

[1944 - Anne Frank (13) makes the last entry in her diary]

Shane and the boy
[1953 - Shane, western movie, released by Paramount]

Warriors Return

The most important US Military Action in Afghanistan to date was the recovery last month of the body of the fourth member of a SEAL unit in the rugged South-Eastern part of the country. Although only one survived, all four will come home.

William's Whimsical Words:

King Priam started quite a tradition.

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