Monday November 01, 2004 Election Day Cometh
'Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual -- or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.' - Samuel Adams
'The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every-4-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle. ...[W]e are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty to a greater degree than any other....' - Ronald Reagan ( Nov 01 2004, 04:10:42 PM PST ) Permalink
Trivial Tidbits
The early Roman calendar, the introduction of which is traditionally attributed to Romulus in the early 700's B.C., started with what is now known as March. The ninth month of this calendar was named november or novembris, from the Latin novem meaning "nine".
According to the Modern Birthstone list provided by the Jewelers of America, the official birthstone of November is topaz or, alternately, citrine.
November in the Anglo-Saxon calendar was called Blotmonath or "Blood-Month". This is the month wherein the ancient Anglo-Saxons sacrificed livestock to honor the gods.
( Nov 01 2004, 01:40:48 AM PST )
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