Good morning, Whitewater.
Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of eighty-five. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset 8:36, for 15h 13m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 85% of its visible disk illuminated.
Our Independence Holiday events conclude today along Cravath, opening at Noon and closing at 5 PM.
It’s today that the FIFA Women’s World Cup match between America and Japan takes place, at 6 PM central time. (Yesterday saw an exciting, extra-time game for third place between England and Germany, and an English win over Germany, 1-0.)
The Solar Impulse 2 plane completed a trans-Pacific flight from Japan to Hawaii on July 3rd. It’s another step in use of genuinely green and clean technology:
On this day in 1832, Gen. Atkinson enters the trembling lands:
On this date, General Atkinson and his troops entered the area known by the Native Americans as “trembling lands” in their pursuit of Black Hawk. The area was some 10 square miles and contained a large bog. Although the land appeared safe, it would undulate or tremble for yards when pressure was applied. Many of the militiamen were on horses, which plunged to their bellies in the swamp. The “trembling lands” forced Atkinson to retrace his steps back toward the Rock River, in the process losing days in his pursuit of Black Hawk. [Source: Along the Black Hawk Trail by William G. Stark]