The bloodiest four years in American history began on this day in 1861 when Confederate shore batteries under General
P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held
Fort Sumter
in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50
Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the
poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson
surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern “insurrection.”
In today news? More of the same.
In stark contrast to this war event, president FDR died on this day in 1945 before he could complete his project which Bernie Sanders now continues: health care and lack of want for all.
Not a bad concept and still within rich... I mean, reach.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO
An urban legend in Cape Girardeau is believed to be an alien cover-up and the crash before Roswell.
April 12 marked the 75th anniversary of the alleged "Cape Girardeau UFO crash of 1941."
Cape
Girardeau UFO researcher Michael Huntington said the story dates back
to 1941 when a reverend was called to what he thought was a plane crash
to read the last rights of the passengers.
“The Reverend William
Huffman, who was the minister there, was called by the local sheriff to
come assist in delivering some sort of last rights at a plane crash.
That’s what the Reverend was under the impression that he was going to
do. A car arrived at his house which was nearby [the current Redstar
Baptist Church location] and they drove about 18 miles or so outside of
Cape Girardeau closer to the Chaffee area. When they showed up on the
scene, it was not a plane crash, it was, allegedly, a flying saucer, a
classic silver, round disk that had crashed, that had started a fire.
There were police and fire there to take care of the scene, put out the
fire on a local farmer’s field," Huntington said.
"The Reverend
arrived and saw a classic flying disk with part of the side ripped open
and two alien bodies that were at least dead and one that may have been
dying, may have been alive, couldn’t breathe," he continued. "The
Reverend looked inside of the flying saucer and saw wires and components
of some sort of alien design. There were strange hieroglyphics and
bizarre knobs and dials. The Reverend knew that he couldn’t really give
the last rights. About that time, the army air corps arrived from
Sikeston Field and cordoned off the area and swore everybody to secrecy
and confiscated any pictures. There were pictures allegedly taken that
night of men holding one of the alien bodies and somewhere out there are
those pictures."
“This
story, whether you believe it or not, is part of Cape Girardeau’s
history. It’s part of our culture, it’s part of our regional folklore,
and it’s part of a broader history of UFOs, which is a part of American
history. Nobody can deny the influence of UFO culture, UFO stories, the
visuals, the fascination. Nobody can deny that it’s had an impact on
American culture and American politics," Huntington said.
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Finally, the Cerealia, an annual festival of the goddess Ceres, was celebreated by the ancient Romans in order to secure the fertility of the crops. The sacred rites of Ceres began on this date and were observed for eight consecutive days.
Enjoy your fetility today! By all means.
Earth Day has been celebrated on this date since the early 70's. It is a day dedicated to Gaia -- the planet, not the internet TV station with Regina Meredith. Earth Day is real, no matter what the Right Wing Lunatics want you to believe. At last count, the
Academies of Science from 80 countries plus many scientific
organizations that study climate science, around 95% of active climate researchers actively publishing climate papers endorse the consensus position that Climate Change is Real.
