THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday tomorrow to   Robert Fulcher ('64) of VA!    Happy Birthday this week to: 17 - Marilyn Payne Springfield ('66) of VA AND        My Oldest Granddaughter, Elizabeth Harty (Collinsville HS, IL - '12) of IL; 18 - Bill Queensberry ('57) AND Mary Ellen Brewer ('57);   19 - Dale Chestnut (Nakina HS, NC - '54) of VA AND Mannie Smith ('57) AND    Sylvia Midgett Mullins Brown ('70) of VA; 20 - Harlan Hamby ('57) AND Alan Jecmenek of TX; 21 - The Lucado Twins,   Gail and   Dale ('68) of VA!    Many Happy Returns, One and All! http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html

TODAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:

From http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0714.htm - INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

Sunday, July 14, 1861
TRIBUNE TAKES TRIUMPHANT TONE

Horace Greeley is best known today for his travel advice (“Go west, young man! and grow up with the country!”) but today he was waxing eloquent with military suggestions. “FORWARD TO RICHMOND!” screamed the headlines in Greeley’s New York Tribune today. Gen. Irwin McDowell was supposed to be putting an end to this ludicrous secession matter, was the attitude. Towards this end he had been given the largest army by far ever assembled by the United States of America, some 35,000 strong. What the esteemed editor completely overlooked was the fact that this immense army had had so little training that it amounted to little more than an armed mob. Lincoln, with less excuse, felt the same way. When McDowell asked for more time for training, the President replied “You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike.”

Monday, July 14, 1862
SAILORS SPIRIT SUBSIDY SUNK

It was a dark day in the history of the United States Navy. A custom that had been carried down from the British sea forces, that had existed from time immemorial, that had carried sailors through thick, thin, boredom and seasickness, was no more. The forces of purity and temperance in the U.S. Congress managed to get through today a bill abolishing the rum ration. “...The spirit ration in the Navy of the United States shall forever cease` and...no distilled spirituous liquors shall be admitted on board vessels of war, except as medical stores.” In an attempt to prevent mass desertions, the legislature magnanimously raised sailors pay five cents a day to compensate for the deprivation.

Tuesday, July 14, 1863
RAGING RESENTMENT RULES RIOTERS

The prospect of a military draft had caused grumbles. When the lots were actually drawn yesterday the resentment had exploded into riots in New York City. Mobs ruled the streets, stores were looted and burned, and the police were utterly helpless. Today the rioting spread to other cities, including Boston, Portsmouth N.H., upstate New York and as far away as Wooster, Ohio. In New York the rage was beginning to focus on innocent blacks, who despite having no connection or control over the draft, were seen as the “reason” the war was being fought at all. The mob of mostly immigrant Irish workingmen began to target black neighborhoods, beating anyone on the street, and setting fires, even at a Negro church and orphanage. Later estimates had at least 100 people killed or wounded in the chaos, and property damage of well over $1.5 million in 1863 currency (probably closer to $10 million today)

REMINDER:

      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 07/07/11 - "Gerber Baby Photo Contest -   April Ann Stokes" AND    From Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 07/09/11 - "Gerber Baby Photo Contest -  Greyson":

http://apps.facebook.com/gerberphotosearch/entry/38262/april.aspx	http://apps.facebook.com/gerberphotosearch/entry/98420/greyson-.aspx
Thanks, Wayne Honey - and Cheryl!