St. Patrick’s Day Facts & More!
That’s all for me today I’m off to do a little St. Paddy’s Day celebrating! I hope each and every one of you enjoy St. Patrick’s Day and don’t forget to Kiss the Blarney Stone, catch a Leprechaun And Find Your pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow, but more than that, I hope to see you all back here again soon for some more good old fashioned!!!
Translated the title of this post is:
Happy Birthday Queen Beatrix!
For those of you that don’t know, I live in The Netherlands and Queen Beatrix is the reining Queen of our country. Today is her 71st birthday and there have been many rumors going around that Queen Beatrix is going to step down today and hand the reins over to her son and heir Prince Willem-Alexander.
If this should happen to be true then Prince Willem-Alexander would be the first King that The Netherlands has had since King William III stepped down in 1890, 119 years ago.
Since that time The Netherlands has been ruled by Queens and when Prince Willem-Alexander becomes King, whenever that might be, and steps down the rule of The Netherlands will again revert back to a Queen as all three of his children are daughters.
But enough about speculation of what this day will bring and the history of The Netherlands as this post is to congratulate Queen Beatrix on her 71st birthday and wishing her many happy returns!
So to honor you and your birthday Queen Beatrix here’s a little Happy Birthday song for you…Dutch style of course!!
That’s all for me today and hope to see you back again soon for more…
From Tim Russert to “Sunny” von Bulow, a look at the stories, newsmakers and top sports figures who died in 2008:
That’s all for me today and this year in fact so I hope that each and every one of you and your families have a wonderful, healthy and prosperous 2009 & I’ll see all of you back next year for some more good old fashioned…
Do you know where Santa is at this very moment?
Well if not you can track him here:
That’s all for me today, I’m off to do a bit more tracking!
Happy Holidays from Uni and Sage & see you back again soon for some more…
On December 7, 1941 tthe Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
These photos are now housed at:
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538-1999 PHONE: 845-486-7770, FAX: 845-486-1147, EMAIL: roosevelt.library@nara.gov Production Date: 12/07/1941
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii , 12/07/1941
The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , 12/07/1941
I’m going off now to count my blessings and give Thanks but hope to see you back again…with full bellies, for some more good old fashioned…
On this day in 1963, U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
In the future it will probably read something like:
Democrat Barack Obama won the 2008 U.S. presidential election to become the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the highest office in the nation.
Making his running mate, Joe Biden, the 44th Vice President of the United States of course.
This piece of history was over 200 years in the making and they said it could never be done but president-elect Obama and millions upon millions of voters disagreeded and said “Yes We Can”…and of course they did.
Senator McCain conceded defeat after receiving only 156 electoral votes to president-elect Obama’s 338, (270 being the magic number to win).
I just finished listening to his first address to the nation as president-elect where he congratulated Senator McCain for a very well run race and in which he told Americans, (in short), that “change has come to America” and that the road will be long and steep but if we put aside our differences and all pull together that there is nothing we can not do and we can overcome any hardship…”Yes We Can”.
‘All things are possible’ address to the nation
In closing I would just like to say congratulations to president-elect Obama, his new Vice President Joe Biden and wish you Godspeed.
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The men in our lives, they’re always there in the background with a shoulder to cry and lean on and a steady love that is too often taken for granted. Once each year, on the third Sunday in June, there is a chance to remind fathers, and the men who step in when fathers are not available, that all of their quiet efforts are appreciated.
You may think that Father’s Day is a modern invention, but the truth is that a Babylonian youth named Elmesu carved the first known Father’s Day card in clay nearly 4,000 years ago. His special message wished his father good health and a long life. Fortunately, modern cards are a bit easier to fit in the mail box!
For more on the history of Father’s Day go to:
I hope that all of you Great Dad’s out there have a Fantastic Father’s Day 2008!
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