Good Morning and God Bless Everyone !!!
Today is December 14, the 348th day of 2013 and there are 17 days left this year.
It is yet another blessed day here, provided by our God, where we can continue our work for Him here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
We’re enjoying a wonderful 25 degrees right now in Albuquerque but the little bite in from the wind brings that down to a 15 degree windchill factor, however, we’re suppose to be warming up to just under 40 toady. God’s beautiful sun is due out anytime now and we’re expecting to spend the entire day with it!!!
So, What Happened Today In 1863:
President Abraham Lincoln Pardons His Sister-In-Law, Emilie Todd Helm
On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announces a grant of amnesty for Emilie Todd Helm, his wife Mary Lincoln’s half-sister and the widow of a Confederate general. The pardon was one of the first under Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which he had announced less than a week before. The plan was the president’s blueprint for the reintegration of the South into the Union. Part of the plan allowed for former Confederates to be granted amnesty if they took an oath to the United States. The option was open to all but the highest officials of the Confederacy.
Emilie Todd Helm was the wife of Benjamin Helm, who, like the Lincolns, was a Kentucky native. The president was said to be an admirer of Helm, a West Point and Harvard graduate. Lincoln had offered Helm a position in the U.S. Army, but Helm opted to join the Confederates instead. Helm led a group of Kentuckians known as the Orphan Brigade, since they could not return to their Union-held native state during the war. Helm was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863.
After her husband’s death, Helm made her way through Union lines to Washington, D.C. She stayed in the White House and the Lincolns tried to keep her visit a secret. General Daniel Sickles, who had been wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, five months prior, told Lincoln that he should not have a Rebel in his house. Lincoln replied, “General Sickles, my wife and I are in the habit of choosing our own guests. We do not need from our friends either advice or assistance in the matter.” After Lincoln granted her pardon, Emilie Helm returned to Kentucky.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On December 14 In History:
1793 – 1st state road is authorized between Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio;
1799 – George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and the 1st President of the United States dies from acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia at 67;
1819 – Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state;
1900 – Quantum Theory of modern physics is born when German physicist Max Planck publishes his ground breaking study of the effect of radiation on a “blackbody” substance;
1909 – Indy “Brickyard” speedway is completed when the last of 3.2 million 10 pound bricks was laid;
1911- Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes 1st explorer to reach the South Pole beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott;
1918 – Finnish King Frederick renounces throne leaving the way clear for the Finnish parliament to adopt a new republican constitution in July of the next year;
1939 – USSR expelled from the League of Nations in response to the Soviets’ invasion of Finland on October 30;
1946 – United Nations General Assembly votes to establish UN headquarters in New York;
1961 – President Kennedy announces intent to increase aid to South Vietnam;
1964 – In Laos, Operation Barrel Roll, the 1st phase of the bombing plan approved by President Lyndon B Johnson begins with U.S. planes attacking ‘targets of opportunity’ in northern Laos;
1967 – Blizzard ravages Navajo reservation when record snow continues to fall in northern New Mexico and eventually kills 51 people;
1980 – CIA issues dire warning about Soviet arms sales to 3rd world nations;
1981 – Israel annexes Golan Heights which was seized from Syria in the war of 1967;
1986 – Voyager took off from Edwards AFB on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world;
1991 – Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea killing 476;
2012 – 20-year-old Adam Lanza shoots & kills his mother at home then goes to Sandy Hook Elementy School where he kills 20 1st graders & 6 school employees before killing himself.
Today’s Silly Picture:
Today’s Thought:
You can close your eyes to reality but not to your memories; …(I’ll be thinking about that today & everyday as I start building all my future memories)!!!
Today’s ‘WHY’:
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff??
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
Thy Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8dO3VVayw
Today’s Funny Bulldog Picture:
Today’s Crazy Question:
If you pamper a cow; do you get spoiled milk ?
Today’s Word Of The Day:
Offhand; can be used as an adverb, where it means unprepared or brusquely; and as an adjective, where it means casual.
Today’s Inspirational Thought:
Your daily work is not apart from your Christianity; it should be a part of you Christianity!
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
Today’s Inspirational Picture:
UNTIL TOMORROW – GOD BLESS TO ALL !!!