28 Jul

 

Flagstaff Today 84°: 49° Week 31 Day 209 Wind 3 mph Gusts 13 mph Active Fire: 54 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 349 miles away Air Quality: Fair clouds over the mountain Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\51° Moisture: 8 Day

Daily Observations

Buffalo Soldiers Day  Link                           National Waterpark Day  Link
National Hamburger Day                            World Hepatitis Day Link

National Milk Chocolate Day  Link                   World Nature Conservation Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

A fine summer day with hopes of some monsoon moisture.

After calling UNESCO ‘too woke’, Trump has stopped all US funding.

I can’t wait for drug prices to drop the 1500% that Trump has promised. That means that drug companies will give me a bucket load of money to use their medicines.

The horrific fire, Dragon Bravo, at the north rim is now at about 9,000 acres. So much loss.

History Facts Americans Commonly Get Wrong

Betsy Ross Probably Didn’t Make the First American Flag©wikimedia

The story of Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag is taught in schools, but there’s almost no historical evidence for it. The tale first appeared in 1870, nearly a century after the supposed event, when Ross’s grandson told the story to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
No contemporary records link her to the flag’s creation, and the flag design itself was a group effort by the Continental Congress. Some historians argue that Francis Hopkinson, a New Jersey delegate, played a much larger role in the flag’s design and even billed Congress for his work.

While Betsy Ross was a real person and did make flags, the famous story seems more legend than fact. Americans often prefer a simple, compelling story, but real history is rarely so neat.

Literary Legends…

Alice Walker Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a landmark novel that powerfully portrays the struggles and resilience of Black women in the early 20th-century South. Her evocative storytelling and richly drawn characters have resonated with readers around the world, sparking important conversations about race, gender, and healing. Walker’s groundbreaking achievement earned her the Pulitzer Prize, and her work’s enduring significance is highlighted by the Library of Congress.

Random Thoughts…

Rob Roy – Real Name: Robert McGregor

Kirk Douglas – Real Name: Issur Danielovitch Demsky

A group of Hamsters is called a Horde.

Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon agree that if they’re ever confused for one another, they will just go along with it.

Success and failure, we think of them as opposites, but they’re really not. They’re companions- the hero and sidekick.

A group of Hawks (in flight) is called a Kettle.

Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive. Researchers hoping to view them must sign a disclaimer.

The average wait in the waiting room of a doctor’s office: 20 minutes.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

65 – Jon J. Muth, American author, illustrator 63 – Rachel Sweet, American singer 60 – Lori Loughlin, American actress 56 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress

@84 – Rudy Vallée (Hubert Prior Vallée ), American actor and singer(d. 1986) @83 – Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician (d. 1998) @77 – Beatrix Potter, English children’s book writer,illustrator (d. 1943)   @64 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American socialite, 37th First Lady (d. 1994;  non-Hodgkins lymphoma) @58 – Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel, politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013; cancer) @47 – Alexis Arquette, American actress (d. 2016; AIDS)

…The End for today…