A humble rhyming gift…
On This Date in 1968
History happens every day, but little matters, to our dismay.
Lost to time and happenstance, occasionally glorified in the modern parlance.
Why remember the 30th of July, when some lived, some loved and others died?
1619, democracy’s first successes, Virginia formed the House of Burgesses.
Japan sank the Indianapolis in 45’, and Pennsylvania founder William Penn died.
Baltimore started in 1729, and Johnson’s Medicare was signed.
Kellogg accidentally invented the cornflake way back in 1898.
The Second Balkan war came to an end and the 10th Olympics in LA began.
Amistad was taken when the seas were high, and Lincoln called an “eye for an eye.”
The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Sarbanes Oxley Bush did offer.
America agreed “In God We Trust” and Apollo 15 landed with a thrust.
Little of this matters to me. Forgotten in the endless flow of history.
Why remember the 30th of July, when some lived, some loved and others died?
I say: There is one good reason to celebrate. Christopher Lee Battle was born on this date.
Happy Birthday Chris! You are missed.
