Seventy years ago today, in between the games of an Independence Day doubleheader at Yankee stadium against the Washington Senators, Yankees first baseman and baseball’s “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig gave a farewell address to his fans, teammates and the world.
Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from June 21st to June 30th:
I think The Girl’s acrobatic inclinations are starting to rub off on her brother. After six years of staunch skittishness, he’s finally willing to rumble, tumble and let his feet leave the ground. I guess the indignity of being shown up by a toddler was just too much for him. Case in point — this [...]
Forty-six years ago today, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered the following address to the citizens of West Berlin. Delivered a little less than two years after the construction of the Berlin Wall and during a period when many West Berliners still lived in fear of being overrun by the East German forces which surrounded [...]
We had a very busy, but very good, weekend. The Wife went back to the Swamp for Friday and the first part of Saturday to help her parents pack up the house they’ll be moving out of soon and we had some friends and their kids over for backyard water fun and dinner on Saturday [...]
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