Good morning, Whitewater.
We had a good bit of snow last night, but Tuesday will be mostly sunny with a high of twenty-six. Sunrise is 7:00 AM and sunset 4:24 PM, for 9h 24m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM today, and her parks and Rec Board at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1783, the last Redcoats leave New York:
…nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City, the last British military position in the United States. After the last Redcoat departed New York, U.S. General George Washington entered the city in triumph to the cheers of New Yorkers. The city had remained in British hands since its capture in September 1776.
Four months after New York was returned to the victorious Patriots, the city was declared to be the capital of the United States. In 1789, it was the site of Washington’s inauguration as the first U.S. president and remained the nation’s capital until 1790, when Philadelphia became the second capital of the United States under the U.S. Constitution….
Battle of Chattanooga by Thure de Thulstrup. Ulysses S. Grant uses a field glass to follow the Union assault on Missionary Ridge. Grant is joined by Generals Gordon Granger (left) and George H. Thomas. Via Wikipedia.
On this day in 1863, fourteen Wisconsin regiments are among others breaking a siege during the Chattanooga Campaign:
1863 – (Civil War) Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fourteen Wisconsin units — seven Wisconsin Infantry regiments and seven Wisconsin Light Artillery batteries participated in breaking the siege at Chattanooga. The 15th and 24th Wisconsin Infantry regiments were among the forces that charged up Missionary Ridge, broke through the Confederate ranks, and seized the strategic location on November 25.
Google a Day asks a question of geography and history:
Who was the wife of the president whose legacy lives on through a famous landmark on the Colorado River?