Week 11 – 2020: Luck #52Ancestors — Making Sense of it All

Luck. According to Merriam-Webster, luck is defined as 1) “a force that brings good fortune or adversity”; 2) “the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual.”[1]

When our fearless leader, Amy Johnson Crow, chose this week’s theme, I am sure she was thinking about St. Patrick’s Day and not Covid-19. However, I am stumped as to what to talk about today. Family history seems too lighthearted and you certainly don’t want to hear from a non-medical professional about how to protect yourself from Covid-19. So here are a few happy/interesting tidbits:

Fifty-five years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave the “We Shall Overcome” speech: “The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong — deadly wrong — to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.”
Today is the eighty-seventh birthday of Notorious RBG - long may she live!
The Grapes of Wrath was published eighty-one years ago this month.
Albert Einstein was born 141 years ago this month.
In March of 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call. Instead of “hello,” Bell preferred “ahoy.”
Of course, today is the Ides of March. Not such a happy event for Julius Caesar.
“The Godfather” premiered in 1972.

Next week, back to family history.

In the meantime, wash your hands.

[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (https://www.merriam-webster.com : accessed 15 March 2020), “luck.”