Good morning.
Whitewater’s week ends with a cloudy & rainy day, with a high of forty-three.
On this day in 1861, the Civil War begins:
The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter inSouth Carolina‘s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to quell the Southern “insurrection.”
Google-a-Day is designed to encourage web searches, and today’s very particular history question is an example: “At the time of signing, what was the title of the man who is the first of the two names in the name of the 1901 treaty that nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?”
Secretary of State John Hay. But only if YOU’RE asking – not Google, which incidentally I didn’t use to uncover the answer. Just in case you’re wondering.
So am I the winner of a shiny new car?
Impressive, surely. Now if I could just find the keys to that new vehicle – they must be here somewhere…