Good morning,
It’s a breezy day in Whitewater, with a forecast for a high temperature of forty-five.
School’s out, for the next two days, a kind of pre-Halloween treat for thousands.
The New York Times reported that on this day in 1886, President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty:
The statue of Liberty yesterday was seen through a mist darkly. Piercing winds blew around Bedlow’s Island, and the numerous workmen, who were not in any way protected from the weather, worked uncomfortably. The speakers’ stand, and that for the use of musicians above it, were in readiness yesterday. Planks were removed and a semblance of tidiness was given to the island. A big barge, which looked extremely dismal, with its legend in red characters, “Eat, drink, and be merry,” stood at the Bedlow’s Island dock to land visitors. It will be used for that purpose this afternoon.
