This brand new, never used, one and only day is named March 8, 2021. In a few hours it will join the 4.54 billion years and become part of the past. While it’s here, I intend to make good use of it. There’s happiness in it. All you have to do is look for it. This is Fun Facts About Names Day, Girls Write Now Day, International Women’s Day, National Proofreading Day, National Be Nasty Day (don’t do it), and National Peanut Cluster Day. I looked up where “Stephen” came from and found it’s English from the 11th Century and means crown, wreath, or garland. I didn’t know that. Onto the history of this day. On March 8th 1782, the Pennsylvania militia massacred 96 Christian Delaware Indians who were living peacefully with the settlers Gnadenhutten Ohio. It seems that Indians had attacked a white settlement. It wasn’t these Indians. On this day in 1817 the New York Stock Exchange was founded. This is the day in 1861 that St Augustine Florida surrendered to the Union Army. This is the day in 1913 that the Internal Revenue Service began to levy and collect income taxes. On this day in 1934 Edwin Hubble produced a photo that shows as many galaxies as the Milky Way has stars. Finally, in 1948 on this day the US Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools was unconstitutional. The daily advice provided by people who have passed comes from William Howard Taft, the 27th President and also a Supreme Court Justice. He said, “Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.” He also observed that “Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.” That is sufficient for this day. Abide.
