Good Morning *Parade Ground Edition*

Rise and Shine

1303 The War of Vespers in Sicily ends with an agreement between Charles of Valois, who invaded the country, and Frederick, the ruler of Sicily.

1756 The British at Fort William Henry, New York, surrender to Louis Montcalm of France.

1802 Captain Meriwether Lewis leaves Pittsburgh to meet up with Captain William Clark and begin their trek to the Pacific Ocean.

1864 At the Democratic convention in Chicago, General George B. McClellan is nominated for president.

1919 The Communist Labor Party is founded in Chicago, with the motto, "Workers of the world unite!"

1928 Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera opens in Berlin.

1940 Joseph Avenol steps down as Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

1942 The British army under General Bernard Law Montgomery defeats Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Battle of Alam Halfa in Egypt.

1944 The British Eighth Army penetrates the German Gothic Line in Italy.

1949 Six of the 16 surviving Union veterans of the Civil War attend the last-ever encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Indianapolis, Indiana.



JOTD: A drunk wakes up in jail and asks the first police officer he sees, "Why am I here?" "For drinking." replies the officer.

"Great!" slurs the man. "When do we start?"