Category Archives: History

Eleven Years Ago – Rochester, Minnesota

Posted on September 22, 2018 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Eleven years ago today, I was in the middle of my very first deployment for Congressional Affairs to a place called Rochester, Minnesota for some flooding that had occurred. It was a short deployment, only 17 days, but it exposed … Continue reading →

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Remember The Alamo

Posted on March 25, 2018 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

A couple of Saturday’s ago I took the day to travel to San Antonio, Texas to visit and remember the Alamo. I had been planning to visit the Alamo since I first arrived in Texas back in August of 2017, … Continue reading →

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day – 2018

Posted on January 15, 2018 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said many wonderful things before his life was cut short, this has always been my favorite quote of his: Since my mid-teens, I have always done my best to base my judgment of people … Continue reading →

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First Man On The Moon

Posted on July 20, 2015 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

It was on this date 46 years ago, July 20, 1969, that Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)  became the first man to step foot on the moon. I joined an estimated half a billion people around the world as I watched him … Continue reading →

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The Assassination Of President Kennedy

Posted on November 22, 2014 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

It was on this date in 1963, around 12:30 pm Central Time, that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. It is one of those days in life that, if you were old … Continue reading →

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More Is Not Always Better – The Gettysburg Address

Posted on November 19, 2014 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

It was on this date in 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln, speaking at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, delivered the Gettysburg Address. It was around noon that day when a crowd of some 15,000 gathered … Continue reading →

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