George Clymer was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature. He had also been a member of the Constitutional Convention. That gathering, which spanned the summer months of 1787, had seen argument, contention, and discord give way to eventual consensus. A Constitution had been ratified in mid-September, but as the month neared its end, the time had come [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Convention Approval, the Hard Way
Posted in The Confederation (1783-1789), United States, tagged 1787, Constitutional Convention, George Clymer, Independence Hall, Philadelphia on September 29 | Leave a Comment »
Operation Mincemeat: Discovery by Accident
Posted in Atlantic, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1942, Cadiz, Consolidated PBY Catalina, J. H. Turner, Operation Mincemeat, Spain on September 26 | Leave a Comment »
The thunderstorm that broke out over the southern coast of Spain on September 26, 1942 was not particularly remarkable, despite its relative violence. After all, at any given time there are hundreds of storms all over the world, scattering rain, hail, lightning, and occasional tornadoes across the landscape. When we have storms around here, one [...]
Thomas Mifflin Gives First Public Reading of New Charter
Posted in The Confederation (1783-1789), United States, tagged 1787, Constitutional Convention, Federal Convention, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Thomas Mifflin on September 18 | Leave a Comment »
Well, with ratification came reading, and with reading came the inevitable reaction. I suppose that a statement like that, in light of all the times I’ve blathered on about the Constitutional Convention, isn’t all that surprising. But let’s speak to it for a minute this evening. On a September Monday in 1787, the Constitution was ratified [...]
Convention Delegates Working for the Weekend
Posted in The Confederation (1783-1789), United States, tagged 1787, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Constitutional Convention, Federal Convention on September 14 | Leave a Comment »
Fridays around our office tend to be relaxed affairs. We wear jeans and tennis shoes and white socks. Well, those of us that don’t take the day off, which is sometimes about 50% of staff. We take it easy…maybe a slightly longer lunch period, an extra 15 minutes of Angry Birds, some extra snacks, that second [...]
Frank Corder’s Final Flight
Posted in Later twentieth century (1961-2000), United States, tagged 1994, Cessna 150L, Frank Corder, President Bill Clinton on September 12 | Leave a Comment »
Like most days on the history spreadsheet, yesterday had topics about which I might have said a little something. But like so much of this year, I didn’t say anything. And that was fine…you got plenty of history this weekend as we commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. In a very [...]
