Wednesday, July 9, 2014

This Day In History


Hoover Dam

Photograph of Hoover Dam Visiting Hoover Dam
NEW: The Hoover Dam Multi-Use Green Building
Spillway House
is presently under construction
near the Nevada Spillway.
Please take care when walking near the worksite.
Other Hoover Dam Activities/Permits
  • Hoover Dam Police Department - Providing law enforcement and security services for the dam and its surrounding security zone. The Department's web pages provide a number of helpful fact sheets on crossing the dam, traveler and visitor safety, lost and found, and other services.

  • Land Use and Trail Event Permits - Permits and procedures required for public events on or around Hoover Dam on lands or waters managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.

  • Paddle Craft and Rafting Permits - Info about permits and procedures to launch a canoe, kayak or personal raft at the site just below Hoover Dam.

  • Filming at Hoover Dam - Details about permits needed for commercial filming and photography at the site.
Historical Information/Photographs Working at Hoover Dam
  • Job Opportunities - Learn how you can be a part of the team that operates, maintains and secures this American icon.
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Monday, June 9, 2014

Thank God For The Lighthouse

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Face Book is really getting annoying.

Twice in the last two weeks Facebook has suspended me for activities I have done maybe 100's of times.  Once for changing my options on my timeline page and another for 'sharing' an article from my business page to my newsfeed.  Just this morning I 'poked' a friend and FB told me I had poked to many friends recently and to wait awhile.  This of course couldn't be farther from the truth.  I suspect my Facebook account has been compromised and I either/get another computer and open a new account/ or I just quit Facebook altogether.  

Friday, June 6, 2014

I Was Born In 1944

I was born 3 months after D' Day on September 7th.  

I  first learned about the Invasion of Normandy, June 6th, 1944 ten years after the fact while a cadet at the Glenwood School for Boys in Glenwood, Illinois, a military school for unwanted boys sponsored by the 5th Army.

I recall on Saturdays all the boys would go to some theater of sort (which may have only been a room in the school building) and watching news reel clips about aspects of the War.  It was there that I first heard the term, D' Day.

I can't say I have heard much about any aspect of our Nation's War's until a commemoration comes around honoring the 50th or 60th or 70th date of its event.  Were the men and women here and abroad any less deserving of our honor on the 69th year then the 70th year. 


Thursday, June 5, 2014

Harper's Weekly

 While rummaging around the basement yesterday I discovered what I had all along but didn't realize what I had.  An October 22, 1870 edition of Harper's Weekly with a front page story about the Burning of Bazeilles.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Slavery abolished in New York...

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