Not so notable Holidays

[litl rooster]

  This is the day 1836 that Davey Crockett and John MacGregor (I think) played the fiddle and bag pipes to the Mexican Army from the Alamo...........






They never got a Grammy for it....................

[Trinity]

Krispy Kreme's don't make the return trip very well.

There's not much that does make that return trip well.

I'm fortunate that when I eat ice cream it will come back up (without stomach acid).   I get five times the ice cream for one time the calories!   

[litl rooster]

1912 - Captain Albert Berry of the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, MO made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. He jumped from an altitude of 1,500 feet at a speed of 50 mph.





abd we still wonder why?

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Were his first words on the ground," Hey, who pushed me?"   

[Delmonico]

On this date 140 years ago, Newbrassky became the 37th state.

[Delmonico]

Also in 1872 on this date Yellowstone became the first National Park. 

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Happy birthday Newbrasssky.....................

[litl rooster]

On this date 140 years ago, Newbrassky became the 37th state.

sorry I can't resist



again............................we still wonder why?

[Delmonico]

Because Nevada and West Virgina became the 35th and 36th, durn where did you get yer eddication, Monkey Woards?

[Sod Buster]

Because Nevada and West Virgina became the 35th and 36th, durn where did you get yer eddication, Monkey Woards?

WVA should have never left Virginia........bunch of yeller-bellied seperatists they are....<grumble><grumble>

[Delmonico]

OOps looks like I stirred up sumthin' this time it's:

All litl rooster's Fault[/b]

[litl rooster]

   Cain't be I wasn't there.......Besides I was abandoned at birth and raised by squirrels in a poor neighborhood.< So I cain't be at Fault

[Trinity]

WVA should have never left Virginia........bunch of yeller-bellied seperatists they are....<grumble><grumble>

They are not yeller-bellied... They just wanted to couple with their sisters in peace.

   Cain't be I wasn't there.......Besides I was abandoned at birth and raised by squirrels in a poor neighborhood.< So I cain't be at Fault

Hillary says:  "You are so right, you poor man.  Unfortunate circumstances do indeed clean the slate for misdeeds."

[Tensleep]

March 2

1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico

[litl rooster]

March 2

1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico

Thanks for doing my homework................

[litl rooster]

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Hillary says:  "You are so right, you poor man.  Unfortunate circumstances do indeed clean the slate for misdeeds."

   You liked that Liberal stance on it?

[Lucky Irish Tom]

They are not yeller-bellied... They just wanted to couple with their sisters in peace.

Hillary says:  "You are so right, you poor man.  Unfortunate circumstances do indeed clean the slate for misdeeds."

That would explain a lot, but I don't think they will put it in tha histery books!

I thought she said, "I did not have sex with that man, Mr. Clinton!" 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Births:
March 2, 1793 - Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44
March 2, 1824 Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1912
March 2, 1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General Union Army, died in 1879
March 2, 1829 Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist
March 2, 1836 John W. Foster, American Soldier
March 2, 1836 Henry Billings Brown, American Judge

Events:
March 2, 1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.)
March 2, 1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
March 2, 1889 Kansas passes 1st U.S. antitrust
March 2, 1887 American Trotting Association organized in Detroit
March 2, 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
March 2, 1874 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted
March 2, 1868 University of Illinois opens
March 2, 1867 Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
March 2, 1867 Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act
March 2, 1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead
March 2, 1867 U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education
March 2, 1866 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut
March 2, 1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
March 2, 1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
March 2, 1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8" for Union Pacific Railroad

[Delmonico]

Colonel Henry Carington was commander of Ft. Phil Kearny at the time of the Fetterman fight, he got most of the blame for a Captian who disobeyed orders and a fort which was under supplied and under manned.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Another shavetail that got himself in too deep, Del..........