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General discussion of any topics related to the law or personal experiences.

Chief Wahoo

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My dad made this a long time ago. He started with a sheet of graph paper and a small picture of Chief Wahoo. Dad then drew Wahoo on graph paper, and a larger version is on a piece of wood.

The next step was to cut the image out with a saw. After that, he painted it and placed it on a stick so it could be placed in a yard. He gave some way. I had two left, and now the one is shown here.

My dad was a Cleveland Indians fan. As a kid, I was a Yankee fan, more of a Mantle fan. We would go to games at the Stadium. I still refer to the team as the Cleveland Indians. I called the front office, and you can bring Chief Wahoo memorabilia to games.

 

 

 

Anniversary Thoughts

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It’s funny what you think of your parents’ anniversary. My dad smoked Lucky Strikes in the military and kept smoking those when they married. Then, my mom talked him into cigars, so he started smoking Murial cigars. In the 50s, they were a nickel, even though the box here shows a dime(give Edie Adams some credit for that one).

But since my mom worked for her parents at their bar, she’d bring home El Producto cigars on special occasions—and I’m not sure what those would be. They were a whopping 12 1/2 cents a cigar. She’d probably bring home a large tin like the one shown for his birthday. What’s the difference between a nickel and a 12-1/2-cent cigar? I have no clue.

I remember that he always appreciated her for doing it and was surprised because she had never smoked in her life and hated it. In love, you make concessions and compromise. He gave up his Lucky Strikes, went to occasional cigars, and finally stopped smoking. Although, as an aside, she died of cancer, he didn’t.

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad! I wish you were here so we could share it together!

 

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80 YEARS AGO TODAY

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Order of the Day (June 6, 1944)

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

 

Today in History: A Woman’s Right to Vote

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On June 4, 1919, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. About 14 months later, on August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the proposed addition to the U.S. Constitution, giving it three-fourths of the states necessary to become law.
Does this mean women could only vote after August 18, 1920? Nope. Some states, 15 in all, already approved women’s right to vote, primarily in western states. For example, Jeannette Rankin, a Montana Republican, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916.
I’m just thinking to myself here, but it really shouldn’t have been necessary for a separate amendment. The 15th Amendment gave blacks the right to vote, and perhaps it wasn’t the proper place to put it. Around the same time, the 14th Amendment’s first clause begins by referring to “all citizens,” but then in the second clause, which has to do with voting, the word “male” is used.
Who knows, it could have been taken care of in 1868. It’s important because the 14th Amendment, including the equal protection clause, addresses aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. In Wyoming, the right of women to vote was approved.
But it wasn’t. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson ran on a platform of voting for women, yet personally and previously opposed it. The final opposition, including from President Wilson, was overcome in 1918 when Wilson agreed to it, and New York granted the right to women that year.

True Memorial Day is Today

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Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve always observed Memorial Day on May 30, not on the Monday the government changed it to years ago.

It’s a day of remembrance for those who died while defending our nation against common enemies. It is a day of sadness for those lost, for we know the cost of freedom is high, and a day of solace knowing there are those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. Those are the men and women we honor today.

Take a moment to remember the 1.2 million soldiers who did not return from battles fought between 1775 and the present. I know sometimes it seems patriotism is no longer in vogue, yet those seemingly against it use the freedoms afforded by those making the supreme sacrifice most.

A couple of quotes come to mind. I’m unsure who said the first one, and I don’t know if anyone does: “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”

Remember, too, as trite as it may sound to some, we are the home of the free because of the brave. Put another way, Winston Churchill summed it up: “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.”

May God Bless Them