Wednesday, March 25

Good morning!!

Today  you will  need a TEXTBOOK; you will be working on notes on Chapter 17 and 18. You can also use the power points on yesterday's blog.

Here is a video of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan a few years ago and how his family and town are preserving his memory - Dan Brown's Legacy - Weekend Today

Today in History

1634

Maryland was founded by settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.

1894

Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.

1911

A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.

1934

Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.

1965

The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.