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July 03, 2021
158 years
158 years today. July 3, 1863. 2:00 pm. 87 degrees. Pickett’s Charge (aka Pickett’s March). Gettysburg. No braver men ever lived. 12,500 Confederate infantrymen. Nine brigades. One mile in length. They marched not charged. 6,555 total (Union and CSA) casualties.
“There was ... a weak point ... where [Cemetery Ridge], sloping westward, formed the depression through which the Emmitsburg road passes. Perceiving that by forcing the Federal lines at that point and turning toward Cemetery Hill [Hays' Division] would be taken in flank and the remainder would be neutralized. ... Lee determined to attack at that point, and the execution was assigned to Longstreet.”
—Brigadier General Armistead Lindsay Long, Lee’s military secretary in “Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History.”London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Seale and Rivington, 1886, pp. 287–288.
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July 01, 2021
Rummy
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021). Whether you liked him or not, Don Rumsfeld was a great man. Among our greatest. Chicago (New Trier High School) boy, Princeton wrestler, Congressman, CEO and DOD chief twice. I finally met him and his wife Joyce 5 years ago in DC. Spent some time with them. Rummy was mega-talented, happy, confident, accomplished and didn’t care what anyone thought. Ever. It was his Superpower. He was also a big fan of and frequent visitor to Indian Hill, Ohio, where I grew up.
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June 30, 2021
Indian Hill, Ohio October 8-10, 2021
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June 28, 2021
It’s Basque Separatist Summer.
It over yet? Pride Month? Can July henceforth be Basque Separatist Month? Got it! Basque Separatist Summer! Every summer! Yes!
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