This Week

Miss M will return to the Farm after her Paycation in North Carolina.

Mike will say, "So long!" to the Farm as his in-transition home.

We think ahead to the arrival of Daughter C. and A. Leland.

We note the births of a bunch of folks. Napoleon (b. 8/15/1769-- although this is debated). Sir Walter Scott (b. 8/151771). Davy Crocket (b. 8/17/1786).  Meriweather Lewis (b. 8/18/1774). Marshall Field (b. 8/18/1835).

Also, on the 25th of August, 1914 the Panama Canal opened for business.

The most interesting thing that happened this week in history, in my humble opinion, was Washington's (1790) response to a welcome letter from Moses Seixas, warden of the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Rhode Island upon the occasion of Washington's August tour of New England.

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REFS:

Mary Emogene Hazeltine. Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them. American Library Association, Chicago. 1928.

Mary E. Hazeltine. Judith K. Sollenberger, ed. Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them Second Edition, Completely Revised. American Library Association, Chicago. 1965.

William J. Bennett and John T.E.. Cribb. The American Patriot's Almanac. Thomas Nelson, Nashville. 2008.