IS TODAY's HOLIDAY 

PRESIDENTS’ DAY 

OR 

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY?

Although this holiday is most often referred to as “Presidents’ Day” - the observed federal holiday is officially  referred to as “Washington’s Birthday.”

For those who may prefer watching a visual presentation over having to read about - an excellent portrayal, about the man who would become this nation's 1st President, is being shown on the History Channel [Cablevision's channel # 47].

Episode 2 is tonight - Episode 3 runs tomorrow.

If you missed last night's initial episode,

it can be viewed at the History Channel. 

 "Loyal Subject" runs 1 hr 24 min.

The other episodes will post online after the TV segments air.

BTW President George Washington offered the 

very first State of the Union address in 1790.

1790 is the year when Montague's Foster-Armstrong House 

on River Rd. is believed to have been erected.

The Best of Ronald Reagan

Today marks 109 years since Ronald Reagan was born.

Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor 

and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor 

of California from 1967 to 1975.

Fox Calls

Hearing unusual noises at night...

one that sounds almost like a hoarse crow?

Foxes scream and bark to communicate.  This becomes more common during mating season, which is at its peak in January. 

During this period in particular, 

foxes will scream at each other as a territory warning.

                                           New Year

Then & Now

1920 - The Roaring Twenties!

Courtesy  adventuresinatlanta.com

 "The new Town Committee met in their office at the Brick House on January 1, 1920 and organized by electing George Westbrook, Chairman. Jacob McCarty was appointed temporary treasurer.
The other members of the committee are Samuel A. Nunn and John Middleton and William Hartrim, town clerk. "
                         The Evening Gazette,  JANUARY 7, 1920

2020

Courtesy   Pixabay

      As of Re-organization, the Mayor for 2020 is Rich Innella and the Deputy Mayor is Fred Merusi. Committee-persons are Gene Crawford, Toni-Lu Martin, and George Zitone.

The Battle of the Bulge (1944-45)

Yesterday marked the 75th Anniversary of 

the Battle of the Bulge in WW2.

Only one veteran participated, 95-year-old George Arnstein, 

who braved the weather. 

"My outfit was part of the counterattack," he recalled. 

"We kept going. We crossed from Luxembourg into Germany and then went all the way across Germany eastward until we met the Red Army, which was coming westward. It was a meeting, as I like to put it, deep in the heart of Saxony. Then it was over."

Excerpted from https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/

With each passing year, fewer survivors of WW2 remain.

"Yielding to the inalterable process of aging, the men and women who fought and won the great conflict are now in their late 80s and 90s. They are dying quickly—according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 389,292 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are alive in 2019."

in NJ, -  slightly more than 11,000 remain.

See: WWII Veteran Statistics

THE PASSING OF THE WWII GENERATION