Wednesday, April 20, 2005
[1850 - Daniel Chester French, sculptor, born in Exeter, New Hampshire]
[1889 - Adolf Hitler, fascist murderer of eleven-million people, born in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria]
[1893 - Harold Lloyd, comedian, actor, born in Burchard, Nebraska]
[1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive radium salts from pitchblende in Paris]
[1914 - State National Guard (paid by Rockefellers) slaughters striking miners and families at Ludlow, Colorado]
[1953 - USS New Jersey shells Wonsan, Korea, from inside the harbor]
Burial at Sea
Consign my body to the Sea.
She, the Mother of all Life.
Each wave shall have a bit of me.
So walk you in surf along the shore,
Know that I may touch you Evermore.
William's Whimsical Words:
No more worries, and no strife.
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