Good morning Michigan. Today is Workplace Wednesday, July 1, 2009, and since my workplace is kicking my butt, all I can give you this morning is a Lake Michigan sunrise:
But isn't it gorgeous?
Answer to yesterday's Michigan trivia:
Michmark!
Detroit native Peter Pultorak rode the Michigan rails for 8 years during the great depression.
Today's Michigan trivia:
This Michigan city was originally inhabited and named by the Odawa Indians. The city name is the Indian word for "where the light shines through the clouds."
Today in Michigan history:
1863 - Michigan infantry suffer the greatest loss of any northern regiment in Civil War fighting.
The Twenty-Fourth Michigan Infantry regiment of the Iron Brigade engaged advancing Confederate forces at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War.
In savage fighting, the Twenty-fourth Infantry suffered 80 percent casualties (400 of 500 men) on the first day of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. Via Michigan History Magazine
Signe Wilkinson:
That's it. Enjoy Wednesday! And don't forget, there's a Congressman standing between you and your doctor. |
