Good morning, Whitewater.
Thursday in town will be cloudy with a high of sixty-eight. Sunrise is 6:01 AM and sunset 7:45 PM, for 13h 43m 53s of daytime. We’ve a full moon, with 99.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM.
It’s John Muir’s birthday:
John Muir… April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914)[1] also known as “John of the Mountains”, was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor.[2] Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, theJohn Muir Way, a 130 mile long distance route, was named in honor of him.
In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congressfor the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas.[3] He is today referred to as the “Father of the National Parks”[4] and theNational Park Service has produced a short documentary about his life.[5]
Today is also the legendary date of Rome’s founding:
According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome’s founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C.
Here is the Thursday puzzle from JigZone: