Good morning.
Sunday will be a day of decreasing clouds, a high of forty-nine, and northwest winds from 5 to 10 MPH.
On this day in 1774, Wisconsinites all became a bit more French:
1774 – Wisconsin Becomes Part of Quebec
On this date Britain passed the Quebec Act, making Wisconsin part of the province of Quebec. Enacted by George III, the act restored the French form of civil law to the region. The Thirteen Colonies considered the Quebec Act as one of the “Intolerable Acts,” as it nullified Western claims of the coast colonies by extending the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River on the south and to the Mississippi River on the west. [Source: Avalon Project at the Yale Law School]
Puzzle-lovers will enjoy the Smithsonian’s Great American History Puzzle:
George Washington’s spies used invisible ink during the Revolution. Abraham Lincoln’s young cryptanalysts cracked the Confederacy’s “Vicksburg Square” cipher during the Civil War. The United States entered World War I after Britain decoded an encrypted message from the Germans inviting Mexico to wage war on America—the so-called “Zimmermann Telegram.” In World War II, the Marines’ Navajo “code-talkers” were crucial to victories in the Pacific theater.
Because puzzle-solvers and code breakers have long been heroes of American history, we present the Smithsonian Great American History Puzzle. The puzzle is a month-long contest conceived by the puzzle master and “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings. The first person to correctly follow all the clues, avoid all the red herrings and uncover all the secrets will win the grand prize: a free trip to Washington, D.C. and a “Secrets of the Smithsonian” tour (created by Smithsonian Journeys and valued at $10,000) behind the scenes of the world’s largest museum and research complex.