Saturday, August 2, 2014
[1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, architect, engineer, USA Revolutionary War Major, born in Paris]
[1834 - Frederic Bartholdi, sculptor, creator of Statue of Liberty, born in Colmar, France]
[1871 - John French Sloan, artist, born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania]
[1892 - Jack (Jacob) Warner, movie mogul, born in London, Ontario, Canada]
[1905 - Myrna (Adele) Loy (Williams), actress, born in Radersburg, Montana]
[1918 - Beatrice Straight, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Old Westbury, New York]
[1924 - James Baldwin, novelist, essayist, playwright, born in New York City]
[1924 - Carroll O'Connor, Emmy Award-winning actor, born in The Bronx]
[1932 - Lamar Hunt, Pro Football Hall of Fame AFC founder, Chiefs owner, born in El Dorado, Arkansas]
[1932 - Peter James O’Toole, actor, born in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland]
[1935 - Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran, country singer, songwriter, born in Isola, Mississippi]
[1941 - Doris (Coley) Kenner-Jackson, singer (Shirelles), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina]
[1943 - A Japanese destroyer rams PT-109 (LT John F. Kennedy Commanding); it sinks off The Solomon Islands]
On this auspicious date two French men who figured prominently in the early history of these United States of America were born. The first of these gentlemen so impressed General George Washington with his service on behalf of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War that when the time came to plan and design the future capitol of the USA, he selected Pierre L'Enfant for the job. The other gent, Frederic Bartholdi, born into a later century, was the sculptor who created the Statue of Liberty that was a gift to our country from the People of France.
To those who gave up eating French-fried potatoes when France declined to join with us in our holy crusade of revenge against the Muslim world for the horror of 9-11, poorwilliam says, "You really showed them. Keep up the good work!" Those of us who opposed and continue to condemn Bush's War in Iraq, will do our best to pick up the slack in demand for the potato delicacy. It is dirty work, but someone has to do it. We assume our task not based on false intelligence falsely spun, but grounded on plain historical fact. The two best known and most revered symbols of our democracy, The Nation's Capitol and the Statue of Liberty, are gifts for which thanks are due the French People.
William's Whimsical Words:
You will have to pry the last soggy French-fry from betwixt my cold, dead lips.
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