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Thursday, November 11, 2004

Witness to creation — and destruction

There’s a lot of history packed into Ghost Ranch, a beautiful high-desert spot tucked into an upper corner of New Mexico. Read what the Los Angeles Times‘ Christopher Reynolds has to say about it.

At its highest points, Ghost Ranch rises as a set of chalky red slopes, slopes that you know you’ve seen somewhere before. At its lowest points, along the Chama River, a thousand cottonwoods wear their fall robes of gold.

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Filed under Albuquerque & New Mexico on November 11, 2004

Washington …

was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state on this date in 1889.

According to the Library of Congress:

Racism, rather than concerns about sovereignty, propelled the very first settlers into the Washington region. In 1844, George W. Bush, a man of African-American ancestry was among early pioneers to Oregon Country. After learning the Oregon Provisional Government prohibited black people from owning property, Bush’s party evaded control of the Provisional Government by crossing the Columbia River into present-day Washington. Olympia, now the state capital, traces its settlement to this band of pioneers.

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Filed under Historical on November 11, 2004

It’s the birthday

… of Calista Flockhart. Ally McBeal is 40.

… of Demi Moore. She’s 42.

… of Jonathan Winters. He’s 79. “If God had really intended man to fly, He’d make it easier to get to the airport.”

… of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. He’s 82. The Writer’s Almanac has several paragraphs on Vonnegut, including this:

Slaughterhouse-Five was published at the height of the Vietnam War, and the book made Vonnegut a hero among the war protesters. Vonnegut said it was an anti-war book. But he also said, “Anti-war books are as likely to stop war as anti-glacier books are to stop glaciers.”

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Filed under Birthdays on November 11, 2004

RIP

Functional Ambivalent has the best post mortem on Arafat NewMexiKen has seen:

My mother taught me never to say anything bad about the dead. So: May God have mercy on Yasser Arafat’s soul.

Or not.

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Filed under Issues of the Day on November 11, 2004

Veterans

According to the Census Bureau, there are 1.5 million fewer veterans in the U.S. than there were two years ago: 24.9 million.

Of these, 9.7 million are over age 65.

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Filed under Holidays on November 11, 2004

Veterans

Functional Ambivalent honors the veterans. Go read what he has to say.

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Filed under Holidays on November 11, 2004

In honor of all veterans


“The Allied powers signed a cease-fire agreement with Germany at Rethondes, France on November 11, 1918, bringing World War I to a close. Between the wars, November 11 was commemorated as Armistice Day in the United States, Great Britain, and France. After World War II, the holiday was recognized as a day of tribute to veterans of both world wars. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars.” (Source: Library of Congress)

Official Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Day website.

Photo taken by Donna at the Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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