Good morning, Whitewater
The National Weather Service predicts a sunny day with a high of 92. The Farmers’ Almanac forecasts that our weather will be wet then fair. They may both be wrong; both cannot be right.
There will be a meeting of the Whitewater Common Council tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda for that meeting is available as a pdf document at the City of Whitewater’s website.
School begins today for our public school students, and classes resume on campus. Best wishes for a happy and successful year.
The 2nd annual Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® for Walworth County will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Library Park in Lake Geneva.
In Wisconsin history on this date, in 1862, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that residents of the Manitowoc area panicked over a false report of an Indian attack:
Manitowoc settlers were awakened to the cry of “Indians are coming.” Messengers on horseback arrived from the Rapids, Branch, Kellnersville, and other nearby communities, announcing that Indians were burning everything in their path …. Fire and church bells gave warning to frightened residents. Over the next few days, people from the surrounding areas fled to Manitowoc and other city centers. Ox carts were loaded with women and children carrying their most valuable belongings…. a company of recruits from the Wisconsin 26th Regiment formed themselves into two scouting units, both of which returned to report that there was no threat of an Indian attack.
Fear of this false Indian attack took place at a time when there was a genuine, deadly threat from millions of Americans committed to secession and slavery.
On this date in American history, in 1945, representatives of Japan formally surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
