Good morning.
The week begins with an even chance of showers and a high of sixty-three.
At 5 PM this afternoon, Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets.
On this day in 1776, Gen. Washington arrived at the banks of the Delaware River:
In a letter dated December 3, 1776, General George Washington writes to Congress from his headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey, to report that he had transported much of the Continental Army’s stores and baggage across the Delaware River to Pennsylvania.
In his letter Washington wrote, ‘Immediately on my arrival here, I ordered the removal of all the military and other stores and baggage over the Delaware, a great quantity are already got over, and as soon as the boats come up from Philadelphia, we shall load them, by which means I hope to have every thing secured this night and tomorrow if we are not disturbed.’
CNN has the story of a dog who’s a toddler’s best friend:
In 1947, a first for Wisconsin:
1947 – First TV Station in Wisconsin Established
On this date the first TV station in Wisconsin, WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, was established. The seventeenth television station in the country, WTMJ-TV was the first in the Midwest. [Source: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Libraries]
Google’s Monday question is on geography: “The Canal Street Ferry will take you over to Algiers Point. Since when has this ferry been in service?”