Army scenes on the Chickahominy

Army scenes on the Chickahominy
Harper''s pictorial history of the Civil War. (Chicago : Star Publishing Co. 1866)

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Today is Martha Washington's Birthday . . . Kinda Sorta

Today June 2, 2018 is Martha Dandridge Custis Washington's birthday . . . and it isn't at the same time. 

To explain the confusion in pre-1752 dates in the American Colonies, here is a link to an informative article on Old Style and New Style dates from the website of the The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Montecello.

https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/old-style-os.

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