Poor William's Almanack, November 26, 2008, The Beat Goes On

Franklin bifocals Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Medal of Honor winner Mary Edwards Walker

[1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, U.S. Army surgeon, women's rights leader,
born in Oswego, New York]

[1883 - Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), abolitionist, women's rights advocate,
dies in Battle Creek, Michigan]

[1909 - Eugene Ionesco, playwright, born in Slatina, Romania]

[1910 - Cyril Cusack, actor, born in Durban, Natal, South Africa]

[1912 - (Arnold) Eric Sevareid, Emmy-winning news commentator, born in Velva, North Dakota]

[1922 - King Tutankhamen's tomb is discovered by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter]

[1922 - Charles Monroe Schulz, cartoonist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Charles M. Schulz Peanuts characters

[1933 - Robert Goulet, singer, actor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts]

The Beat Goes On

For the warrior the wars may be over, but the battle for what is left of his or her humanity never ends.

William's Whimsical Words:

And it matters not who won the war.

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