Thursday, May 25, 2006
[1787 - Delegates convene at Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention]
[1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer, born in Richmond, Virginia]
[1886 - Philip Murray, labor leader, founder CIO, born in Blantyre, Scotland]
[1889 - Igor Sikorsky, engineer of first helicopter, born in Kiev, Ukraine]
[1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis III, jazz musician, born in Alton, Illinois]
[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in one hour]
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma is a hoot.
Music, lyrics, and book to boot.
In "Farmer and Cowman" Aunt Eller sings
What America's message to others should:
"I don't say I'm no better than anybody else,"
"But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good."
William's Whimsical Words:
Sing along with me: "Now, the Christian and the Muslim must be friends."
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