I guess my Fourth of July-connected "family history" goes back to the Major in Revolutionary War, Eleazer Curtis, who "marched to the relief of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point" in May 1775, and later voted in the Constitutional Convention as delegate from Warren, CT, in 1788, he voted `Aye"! And his son, also Eleazer Curtis 2nd, who wintered at Valley Forge under General Washington. Somehow that always reminds me of the Bob Newhart skit on The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back, set in the Revolutionary War, the premise being that the Army has always had one tradition among many others, "The Griper."
I wish you and your family a Happy 4th, Lucian, and may better times be our collective future.
Happy 4th to all of your readers as well.
Happy Fourth of July, Lucian!
I guess my Fourth of July-connected "family history" goes back to the Major in Revolutionary War, Eleazer Curtis, who "marched to the relief of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point" in May 1775, and later voted in the Constitutional Convention as delegate from Warren, CT, in 1788, he voted `Aye"! And his son, also Eleazer Curtis 2nd, who wintered at Valley Forge under General Washington. Somehow that always reminds me of the Bob Newhart skit on The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back, set in the Revolutionary War, the premise being that the Army has always had one tradition among many others, "The Griper."