Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, December 11, 2017
for Monday, December 11, 2017
Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff except in Massachusetts. In MA, the flags (U.S. and State Flags) are at half-staff in honor of Fire Chief Stephen P. Frye of Montgomery, Massachusetts, who died in the line of duty on December 6, 2017
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[ FDR signs declaration of war against Germany on Dec. 11, 1941 =public domain image ]
On this date (OTD), Dec. 11, 1941, Italy and Germany, Japan's Axis partners, declared war on the U.S.. So, the U.S. Congress immediately declared war on Germany and Italy, in addition to Japan. Upon this happening, President Roosevelt changed America's war priority from avenging Pearl Harbor against Japan to defeating Hitler-led Germany. FDR then dedicated 90% of its U.S. military to handle the war in Europe first.
[ Buffalo Bill got nickname from supplying buffalo meat to the Kansas-Pacific Railroad workers = public domain image ]
In closing, today's 'Slice of Americana' serves up ...
that ... OTD in 1972, Buffalo Bill Cody performed his first show on stage. This would lead to the creation of his world-famous circus-like show in 1873 called Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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