BWTG - June 2014 Event Cache

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Hidden : Thursday, June 19, 2014
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BWTG - June 2014

Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1269 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired
1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. The husband & wife were the only two American civilians to be executed for espionage-related activity during the Cold War. It is widely believed that Ethel knew little about Julius’ activities but refused to turn against her husband and in the anti-communist fervor the state hoped just the threat of execution would be enough to get her to crack.
1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.

Birthdays

1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)
1816 – William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)
1893 – Madeleine Astor, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1940)
1897 – Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter best known as Moe of The Three Stooges, arguably one of the greatest comedy troupes’ of all time, ya knucklehead…. (d. 1975)
1902 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)
1914 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and musician. One of his best known songs was the ‘Ballad of Jed Clampett’, the theme song for the TV show ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (d. 1979)
1940 – Shirley Muldowney, American race car driver
1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian author
1950 – Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heart)
1953 – Simon Wright, English drummer best known for his time with rock n' roll bands AC/DC and Dio
1954 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
1962 – Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1970 – Brian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Korn and Love and Death)

Deaths

1768 – Benjamin Tasker, Sr., American politician, 10th Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
1922 – Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
1966 – Ed Wynn, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
2010 – Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player (b. 1962)
2013 – James Gandolfini, American actor (b. 1961)
2013 – Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

Today is ” Juneteenth ”!

Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas in 1865, and more generally the emancipation of African-American citizens throughout the United States. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, and is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in most states.
The holiday is observed primarily in local celebrations. Traditions include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", and readings by African American writers such as Maya Angelou and Ralph Ellison. Celebrations sometimes take the form of parades, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, or Miss Juneteenth contests.
During the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863. Although it declared that slaves were to be freed in the Confederate States of America in rebellion against the federal government, it had minimal actual effect. Even after the ending of military hostilities, as a part of the former Confederacy, Texas did not act to comply with the Emancipation Proclamation.
On June 18, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on the island of Galveston, Texas, to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves. On June 19, standing on the balcony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa, Granger read the contents of "General Order No. 3":

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”

Former slaves in Galveston rejoiced in the streets. Juneteenth celebrations began in Texas the following year. Across many parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land specifically for their communities and increasingly large Juneteenth gatherings — including Houston's Emancipation Park, Mexia's Booker T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park in Austin.



The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".

Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!

When?
Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.

Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel, just South of I-94.

Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!

What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.

Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history!

What do I do AFTER the event?
If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. A great geocaching day can start here and then head north to Conman/Team Peterson’s potluck event in GR. A twofer with a lot o'fun inbetween!

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