Wednesday. May 10

Good morning!

Today we will continue our studies of WW II.  It is Ms. Garcia's last day with us.

Current Events
Trump fires FBI Director Comey - CNN

Update on Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence's trial - TJN

So you want to be an official??? TJN


Today in History

• 1775

  Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.

• 1863

  Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.

• 1869

  The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.

• 1924

  J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.

• 1940

  Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.

• 1994

  Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.