New York, NY…Nikola Tesla 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943 “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success . . . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, […]
West Point, VI…Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971. “I’ve always believed that no officer’s life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear…officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.” “All right, they’re on our […]
Edinburgh, Scotland…Adam Smith 16 June, 1723 – 17 July 1790. Author of Wealth of Nations and father of modern economics. “Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by […]
Concord, MA…Henry David Thoreau. July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862. As summer gets up to full swing. We thought a bit of Thoreau might be in order as many of us head into the woods for a visit this summer. “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it […]
Phoenix, AZ…Frank Lloyd Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959 “God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.” […]
Kansas City, MO…Harry S. Truman May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972. Our 33rd President. “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all […]
Phillips Station, CA…The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 126.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 54 inches, which is 221 percent of average for this location on April 3. The snow water equivalent measures the amount […]
Auvers-sur-Oise, France…Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890 “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” “The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, […]
Bennington, VT…Poet Robert Lee Frost March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963. “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.” “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled […]
Bridgeport, CT…Fanny J. Crosby, March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915. Was the blind “Queen of Gospel Song Writers” who wrote over 8,000 hymns & gospel songs. “God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for….We all have sorrows and disappointments, but […]
