Daily Holidays - December 17

[Sherman A1]

National Maple
 Syrup Day Holy hotcakes, Batman! There's a National (USA) Maple Syrup Day and it's celebrated on December 17th! Here's a few ideas on how to celebrate! http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-National-Maple-Syrup-Day


Wright Brothers Day Welcome to the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company, a virtual museum of pioneer aviation. If this is your first visit, read About the Museum to get your bearings and consult our Site Map for help in navigating this web site. If you need specific information on the Wright brothers or pioneer aviation, the Museum Index and Search the Museum can help you find it. http://www.wright-brothers.org/General/Museum_Entrance/Museum_Entrance.htm

[bigwillq]

1. Happy Maple Day!

[Sherman A1]

3. and to you as Well!

[MADem]

2. Day 2 of Chanukah, too...

And as for birthdays.....today is the Pope's! Also Chris Matthews'!!!

[Sherman A1]

4. Ah, today's birthday listing

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december17.html A HaPpY BiRtHdAy to all on 12/17.

[femmocrat]

7. Deborah Sampson: This one caught my interest:

Deborah Sampson Gannett ( December 25 ,1760 – April 29, 1827[1][2]), better known as Deborah Sampson, was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is part of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.[3] She served 17 months in the army, as "Robert Shurtliff[4][5] " of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point, New York in 1783.

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Eight years later, in January 1792, Sampson petitioned the Massachusetts State Legislature for pay which the army had withheld from her because she was a woman. Her petition passed through the Senate and was approved, then signed by Governor John Hancock. The General Court of Massachusetts verified her service and wrote that she "exhibited an extraordinary instance of female heroism by discharging the duties of a faithful gallant soldier, and at the same time preserving the virtue and chastity of her sex, unsuspected and unblemished". The court awarded her a total of 34 pounds plus interest, dating back to her discharge on October 25, 1783.

More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Sampson

[MADem]

8. +1! Would make a GREAT movie, that topic--someone should grab it and do it.... nt

[femmocrat]

5. Have a sweet Wednesday!

[Sherman A1]

6. Yum!

looks good enough to eat!