The FReeper Foxhole Studies the Washington Monument - September 19th, 2004

see educational sources

[snippy_about_it]

Update



Closures

UPDATE: The Washington Monument will close on September 7, 2004 to complete the final phase of the security enhancement project on the grounds of the Monument. The Washington Monument will reopen to the public in the Spring of 2005.

Sam and I are off to the National Mall today. We'll report in tonight!

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Today's Educational Sources and suggestions for further reading:

www.nps.gov/wamo/home.htm

[snippy_about_it]

Veterans for Constitution Restoration is a non-profit, non-partisan educational and grassroots activist organization.

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Actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.

Thanks to quietolong for providing this link.

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UPDATED THROUGH APRIL 2004



The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul

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[The Mayor]

September 19, 2004

Informing God

Read: Psalm 139:1-6

Can anyone teach God knowledge? —Job 21:22

Bible In One Year: Ecclesiastes 1-3; 2 Corinthians 11:16-33

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We cannot tell God anything He doesn't already know. When we pray, we simply put into words what He's been aware of all along.

That doesn't make prayer unnecessary; rather, it encourages us to pray. We find relief in talking to Someone who knows us and our situation fully. It's a comfort to know that God's response arises not from information we give Him, but from His perfect knowledge of our circumstances. He knows all conditions—past, present, future—that bear on our well-being.

"Your Father knows," Jesus said in Matthew 6:8. He knows our thoughts, our intentions, our desires; He is intimately acquainted with all our ways (Psalm 139:3). He knows the anguish of our heart, the strain of continual frustration, the enemies inside and outside that war against our souls.

So, can we presume to dictate the time and terms of our deliverance from trials or adversity? Can we say our way is better, more likely to develop our soul? No, we cannot teach God anything. He alone knows the way to bring us to glory. Out of all possible paths, He has chosen the best, the route most adapted to who we are and what He has in store for us.

We cannot teach God knowledge, but we can love and trust Him. That's all He asks of us. —David Roper

The answer God may choose for me
Is sure to be the best,
So may I always thankful be,
And in His goodness rest. —D. De Haan

God knows the end from the beginning, so we can trust Him with everything between.

[manna]

Present!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Snippy and everyone at the Freeper foxhole. How's it going?

[SAMWolf]

Morning Mayor.

Trying to psych myself up for the visit to The Wall this morning. I'd appreciate a prayer for some strength.

[SAMWolf]

Hi Manna!

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C.

Beautiful day here this morning. About to walk out the door and head towards DC. At long last I'm going to visit The Wall. trying hard o get my head straight and be ready.

[The Mayor]

Absolutley.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on September 19:
0086 Antoninus Pius 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
0866 Leo VI Sophos Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica)
1655 Jan Luyts Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1737 Charles Carroll signed Decl of Ind
1802 Louis Kossuth Hungary, President of Hungary (1849)
1822 Joseph Rodman West Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1867 Arthur Rackham England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1898 Giuseppe Saragat president of Italy (1964-71)
1901 Joseph Pasternak film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy)
1902 James Van Alen created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
1907 Lewis F Powell Jr Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
1908 Mika Waltari novelist (Egyptian)
1911 William Golding England, novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
1914 Rogers Morton Louisville Ky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75)
1922 Emil Zatopek Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952)
1926 Edwin "Duke" Snider Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
1926 Lurleen Wallace (Gov-D-Ala)
1928 Adam West Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct)
1931 Brook Benton Camden, SC, singer (Rainy night in Georgia)
1932 Mike Royko Chicago, journalist (Chic Daily News)/author (Boss)
1933 David McCallum Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE)
1940 Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin')
1940 Paul Williams singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
1943 Mama Cass Elliot Balt Md, singer (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1945 David Bromberg Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
1945 Freda Payne Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold)
1945 Randolph Mantooth Sacramento Calif, actor (Emergency, Loving)
1948 Jeremy Irons England, actor (French Lieutenant's Woman)
1948 Michael Cooper SF Calif, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1949 Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (The Blues Brothers)
1950 Joan Lunden Fair Oaks Calif, news host (Good Morning America)
1957 Richard M Linnehan Lowell Mass, US Army Capt/astronaut
1958 Kevin Hooks Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
1965 Debbye Turner Miss America (1990)

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Deaths which occurred on September 19:
1180 Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies
1356 Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1862 [Lewis] Henry Little US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863 Preston Smith US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1864 Archibald Campbell Godwin Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 David Allen Russell US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
1864 Robert Emmet Rodes US Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35

1881 James A Garfield US president, dies of gunshot wound

1968 Red Foley country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
1978 Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
1988 Oren Lee Staley 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65
1995 Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 BROWN FRANK MONROE JR. TUNKHANNOCK PA.
1966 HENRY DAVID ALAN EL CERRITO CA.
1966 PARSONS DON B. FREEPORT NY.
1966 PILKINGTON THOMAS H. MORTON GROVE IL.
1966 WALTMAN DONALD G. KELLOGG ID.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV,DECEASED 5 SEPT 97]
1968 CAPLING ELWYN R. DETROIT MI.
[REMAINS RETURNED 03/18/77]
1968 HOLT ROBERT ALAN READING MA.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/04/99]
1968 LA VOO JOHN ALLEN PUEBLO CO.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/04/99]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
1657 Brandenburg & Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau
1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire
1692 Giles Corey is pressed to death for standing mute and refusing to answer charges of witchcraft brought against him. He is the only person in America to have suffered this punishment.
1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga
1796 George Washington's farewell address as president
1846 Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
1848 Bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn
1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California
1862 Battle of Luka, Miss
1863 In Georgia, the two-day Battle of Chickamauga begins as Union troops under George Thomas clash with Confederates under Nathan Bedford Forrest
1864 3rd Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic
1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2¬" at age 17 years & 198 days
1890 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540
1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
1934 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the Linbergh baby
1940 Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes
1944 Finland & Russia agree to cease fire
1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
1950 UN reject membership of China's People Republic
1955 Argentina's President Juan Peron is overthrown by rebels.
1956 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)
1959 Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC
1973 Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) goes on the air
1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chic Bears 10-0
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
1983 St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)
1985 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9)
1986 Fed health officals announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
1994 The first 3,000 U.S. troops entered Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on a mission to ensure democracy returned to the Caribbean nation.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Bhutan : Blessed Rainy Day
Chile : Army Day (1810)
Laundry Day
St Kitts & Nevis Independence Day
US : National Talk Like A Pirate Day (Avast ye scurvy swine)
National Chicken Month

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Religious Observances
Ang, RC : Ember Day
RC : Memorial of St Januarius, bishop, & companions, martyrs (opt)
Ang : Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury

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Religious History
1853 Baptist pioneer missionary J. Hudson Taylor, 21, set sail from England to China. In 1865, Taylor founded the China Inland Mission, now known as Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Its U.S. branch is HQ'd today in Robesonia, PA.
1938 The Carpatho-Russian Diocese of the Eastern Rite of the U.S.A. was canonized as a diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church. Father Orestes Chornock, Orthodox bishop of Agathonikia, was made Metropolitan of the new diocese.
1943 The first Baptist church was organized in Anchorage. (Prior to this date, there had been no Baptist church in Anchorage, and only one Baptist church in all the rest of the state of Alaska.)
1948 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Father, make of me a "crisis man." Make of me a fork, so that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.'
1971 Death of William F. Albright, 80, American Methodist archaeologist. Professor of Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins for nearly 30 years, he penned over 1,000 articles and books, and led several Near Eastern expeditions which excavated the biblical sites of Gibeah, Bethel and Petra.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."

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Things You Wouldn't Hear a Southerner Say...
Honey, did you mail that donation to Greenpeace?

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How Many Dogs Does it Take to Change Light Bulb?
Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.

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The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
Biological Science:

A contradiction in terms.

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What's Your Business Astrological Sign?...
RECRUITER, "HEADHUNTER"
As a person that profits from the success of others, most people who actually work for a living disdain you. Paid on commission and susceptible to alcoholism, your ulcers and frequent heart attacks correspond directly with fluctuations in the stock market.

[Valin]

I don't know if I coud handle it.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Snippy.

[Soaring Feather]

~Josh Groban~You Raise Me Up~

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Aeronaut!!

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Bentfeather.

[Darksheare]

Understood.
Shall I continue the Weapon of Mass Caffienation experiments or hold off for now?

[stand watie]

GM, snippy!

hugs, duckie/sw

[The Mayor]

Can we find just the music for that song..

I want to sing it at my Church..

[Soaring Feather]

Sorry, I don't know how to help locate it either.