Monday, April 18, 2011

Blachhawks about done; fork to be removed later this week.

April 18, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
April 18 is … International Jugglers Day

A day just for lying politicians; they seem to have too many days!
The Blackhawks have managed to play the playoff series they now trail 3-0 with the same uncaring, uninspired type of play that has plagued the team all season. I thought near the first of the year they we righting the ship but that was a short burst of enthusiastic play. The end appears near. Not since the platinum days of Michael Jordan when he was playing with the Bulls and Scottie Pippen have I followed or cared about the NBA. That is going to have to change if I want to continue to follow Chicago sorts over the next six weeks. I have not given up on the White Sox but this purple funk they are in now could take a while to lift. Go Bulls!

At about 10 p.m. on this day in 1775, three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. Most of us know of just one of those riders, one Paul Revere. The famous poem, Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott.
We think it’s time they should get some recognition too! After all, it wasn’t their fault that their partner in the midnight ride was already well known, having been a member of the Sons of Liberty; incited the British by publishing an engraving of the Boston Massacre; carried messages for the Committees of Correspondence, an underground organization; and having been a participant in the Boston Tea Party.
Incidentally, only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped). We’re not sure what happened to Dawes but Revere was released and returned to Lexington -- without his horse. There was lots of running/riding around that night, but suffice to say, when British forces arrived in Lexington, they found the minutemen waiting for them.
In honor of this midnight ride, get out your Revere ware and make a pot of tea. If it has any silver content, sell it, silver is way up and has been for a few years.
Today is Patriot’s Day, the day the Boson Marathon is run. Patriots' Day (officially Patriots' Day in Massachusetts and Patriot's Day in Main) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is observed in Massachusetts and Maine (once part of Massachusetts), and is a public school observance day in Wisconsin. Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, (around 6am) and The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts (around 9am). In the morning, a mounted reenactor with State Police escort retraces Paul Revere's ride, calling out warnings the whole way.


Since 1969, the holiday has been observed on the third Monday in April, providing a three-day long weekend. Previously, it had been designated as April 19 in observance of the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is also a school holiday for many local colleges and universities, both public and private.
The Boston Marathon is run on Patriots' Day every year so many Bostonians know the holiday as "Marathon Monday".
The Boston Red Sox have traditionally been scheduled to play at home in Fenway Park on Patriots' Day every year since 1959. The games were postponed due to bad weather in 1959, 1961, 1965, 1967, and 1984, and canceled in 1995 during the players' strike. Since 1968 the games have started early, in the morning, around 11:00 AM. The early start to these games usually resulted in the game ending just as the marathon is heading through Kenmore Square. However, since 2007 the marathon has started between 9:30 AM and 10:00 AM, resulting in the racers going through Kenmore towards the middle of the Red Sox game.
Just a couple of thoughts I had.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
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