It is 2013, and I am continuing the observance of the Bicentennial of the War Of 1812. On January 31, 1813, two hundred years ago, an ensign of the 16th Regiment Infantry of the United States Army named Thomas J. Martin worked on and completed the document featured in this video. It pertains to recruitment. I acquired this document four months ago and I am elated to show it to you right now ... on its 200th Birthday!
Here is the url for the video above in case it does not embed properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uNOMtnd77g Here is the transcription: Philadelphia January 31, 1813 Received from Lieutenant Colonel Richard O Dernig two hundred dollars on the bounty ... premiums and contingency Dollars 200 = Duplicate receipts_ Thomas J Martin Ensign 16th Regiment Infantry
It is January 30, 2013. I just came back from the store. While I was in line, I noticed the cashier was looking at a coin. I asked her if it was a rare coin. She said it was a 50 cent piece from Malaysia. I asked if I could have it as change, and she said "Sure". It is a 50 Sen piece from the year 2003 - Bank Negara Malaysia. A Malaysian coin made its way to the USA, and I took advantage of the opportunity.
The coin is kinda cool ... now if the country only got rid of its stupid and savage islamic apostasy law.
This is interesting. The recent passing of Koto Okubo (as reported on January 13 of this year: http://michael-the-researcher.blogspot.com/2013/01/koto-okubo-worlds-oldest-woman-passed.html) caused the number of surviving people born in the 1800s to drop to 14. Earlier today, I looked at the chart, and the number is back up to 15. I looked at my data and compared it to the most recent chart, and it looks like another survivor from the 1800s has been verified. Her name is Louisiana Hines, and she was born on April 13, 1899. Her application date was July 13, 2010, and she was accepted on January 22, 2013. We are now back to 15 survivors from the 1800s! Louisiana Hines was either the daughter of slaves or the grand-daughter of slaves. I found conflicting reports. She is now the Sixth Oldest Person on Earth and the Second Oldest American. The names of the current survivors from the 1800s and other supercentenarians have been compiled by the Gerontology Research Group. All of the pertinent information can be seen at their website: http://grg.org/Adams/E.HTM A very incredible interview with Louisiana Hines from the year 2000 can be found here - http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/100years.html. Out of all of the people who were interviewed on the webpage, Louisiana is the only person currently living. According to the interview segment, Louisiana was a Rosie The Riveter in World War II! She could very well be the oldest of all Rosie The Riveters in America. It would be wonderful to hear of her experiences in the 1940s. Hopefully someone can make this happen very, very soon.
It has been eleven months since I posted a celestial-based blog entry. The Moon, the star Aldebaran (as part of the Constellation Taurus) and the planet Jupiter were in plain view on January 22, 2013. I tried to record a video, and unfortunately, Aldebaran was not able to be captured. It was also FREEZING outside! I did not stay outside for long at all ... this could very well have been my fastest night sky photoshoot ever! The photo was taken at 8:50 PM.
I have some more sad news to report to you this month. Another supercentenarian who was born in the 1800s has departed the Earth. Her name is Koto Okubo, and she is the second person from the 1890s to have passed on this month. Not much is known about Koto. The following link features some information about her: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130113a4.html R.I.P. to Koto Okubo who lived from December 24, 1897 to January 12, 2013 ... 115 years total. There are now only fourteen individuals who were born in the 1800s left on the planet.
January 9, 2013 ... the 100th Birth Anniversary of Richard Milhous Nixon. On this day, in 1913, Richard Nixon was born. In honor of Richard Nixon's Centennial, I decided to dig into the archives and pull out a few items such as autographed books, signed letters, press photographs, political campaign buttons, a record and a hilarious and incredibly bizarre Richard Nixon shower head ... no doubt one of the most bizarre pieces of presidential memorabilia ever made!! I also spun the record for those who want to hear his voice.
Richard Nixon ... Congressman, Senator, Vice President, President and World War II Veteran.
My Friends: This Sunday, January 13, 2013, a demonstration calling for a stop to the pending executions of the cousins Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi and all political prisoners in Iran will be held in Washington, DC. As it stands presently, I will be attending this protest. If any of you want to attend (and I hope you do), the link below has all of the details. http://missionfreeiran.org/2013/01/08/free-moradis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbv5vTqe3Ig It is January 7, 2013. This is my video tribute to the final 15 people who were born in the 1800s. In April of 2012, I recorded a video tribute to the final 25 survivors from the 1800s, and, in November 2012, I recorded a video tribute in honor of the final 20 survivors from the 1800s. It has been a mere two months, and we lost five people during that time. All of them were from the United States Of America, and their names are Beryl Kapaun, Nettie Whittington, Besse Cooper, Dina Manfredini and Mamie Rearden. Out of the five, Dina Manfredini was not born in America - she was born in Italy and, later in life, became a U.S. citizen. I have two more interesting and fascinating facts to present. The previous Top 5 Oldest People In The World were all Non-Whites and the current Top 4 Oldest People In The World are all from the nation of Japan. Their names are Jiroemon Kimura, Koto Okubo, Misawo Okawa and Hatsue Ono. The only people left from the years 1897 and 1898 are from Japan. In this video, I also discuss the reason why I believe the nineteenth century is comprised of the years 1800 to 1899 rather than 1801 to 1900. I view time as a stop watch. The names of the final 15 survivors can be seen at this link: http://grg.org/Adams/E.HTM
My Friends: I have very sad news for you. Within sixteen days, we lost two Super-Centenarians: Dina Manfredini, who was born in the year 1897, and Mamie Reardon, who was born in the year 1898.
115-year-old Dina Manfredini held the title of The Oldest Person In The World when she passed away on December 17, 2012. She was the planet's oldest resident for two weeks and was one of only three people alive who were born in the year 1897. Dina also holds the distinction of being the oldest Italian-born person ever. During World War II, she worked on an assembly line filling shells with gunpowder in Ankeny, Iowa and shoveled snow at 106 years of age (Source: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20040227/NEWS03/121204032/Borsellino-She-lives-life-own-terms-106?nclick_check=1). Mamie Rearden, The Oldest Woman In America, passed away at the age of 114 on January 2, 2013. Her daughters made the announcement today (Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sc-woman-oldest-living-us-citizen-dies-114-192041113.html ... Yahoo news links are known to expire so we will see how long this article lasts on the world wide web). Some personal information: Mamie began a career as a teacher in 1918, got married in 1919, had eleven children and was widowed in 1979. She was the Fourth Oldest Living Person In The World and the Oldest Living Black Person on the Planet.
R.I.P. to both of these ladies.
This means that there are only FIFTEEN People on Earth who were born in the 1800s. Again, only FIFTEEN People remain from that century!
Here is my list devoted to Early Music Events (Early Music being the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Eras) for the year 2013. There are some wonderful events listed. All are family-friendly and well worth the drive if you live far away. January 04 The Music Of George Gershwin And Duke Ellington in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/holidaywinterschedule.php 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525)", "Piano Concerto In C Minor, K. 491" and "Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/mozart-his-time?date=2013-01-10_20-00 & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4350 11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525)", "Piano Concerto In C Minor, K. 491" and "Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/mozart-his-time-0?date=2013-01-11_14-00 & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4350 11 British Isles Of Wonder Featuring The Royal Regiments Of Scotland: The Band Of The Scots Guards And The Black Watch 3rd Battalion in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4450 12 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525)", "Piano Concerto In C Minor, K. 491" and "Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/mozart-his-time-1?date=2013-01-12_20-00 & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4350 13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Fantasia In C Minor, K. 396", "Quintet In E-flat Major, K. 452", "String Quintet No. 5 In D Major, K. 593" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/chamber-music-concert-1?date=2013-01-13_15-00 & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4323 31 Ludwig Van Beethoven's 5th Symphony in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/beyond-score-beethoven-5?date=2013-01-31_19-00
February 01 A Performance Of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme", Ludwig Van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), Paul Hindemith's Concert Music For Strings And Brass And Franz Liszt's Les Préludes in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/watts-and-beethoven?date=2013-02-01_20-00 02 A Performance Of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme", Ludwig Van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), Paul Hindemith's Concert Music For Strings And Brass And Franz Liszt's Les Préludes in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/watts-and-beethoven-0?date=2013-02-02_20-00 03 Crucifixus ~ The Passion Of Lent in Garwood, NJ. Info: http://www.voxfidelis.org/concert-schedule & http://www.guildforearlymusic.org/Main.aspx?PageCode=EVENT_LIST&DateFrom=2%2f3%2f2013&DateTo=2%2f3%2f2013 04 Russian Rapture: Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff And Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4545 05 The Music Of Hugo Wolf in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4509 07 The Pennsylvania Ballet Featuring The Music Of Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Arvo Pärt And Franz Joseph Haydn in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4472 08 Silent Night: An Opera Dedicated To The World War I Truce in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.operaphila.org/production/silent-night & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4488 08 Renaissance Candlemas in Chestnut Hill, NJ. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/holidaywinterschedule.php 09 The Pennsylvania Ballet Featuring The Music Of Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Arvo Pärt And Franz Joseph Haydn in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4472 10 Renaissance Candlemas in Paoli, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/holidaywinterschedule.php 10 Silent Night: An Opera Dedicated To The World War I Truce in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.operaphila.org/production/silent-night & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4488 12 A Performance Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Divertimento in F Major, K. 138" And Béla Bartók's "Divertimento" in Princeton, NJ. Info: http://www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org/concerts/concert/east-coast-chamber-orchestra-you 13 Silent Night: An Opera Dedicated To The World War I Truce in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.operaphila.org/production/silent-night & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4488 14 A Performance Of Franz Joseph Haydn's "Symphony No. 1", Johann Nepomuk Hummel's "Trumpet Concerto" And Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/carmina-burana-0?date=2013-02-14_20-00 15 A Performance Of Franz Joseph Haydn's "Symphony No. 1", Johann Nepomuk Hummel's "Trumpet Concerto" And Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/carmina-burana-1?date=2013-02-15_14-00 15 Silent Night: An Opera Dedicated To The World War I Truce in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.operaphila.org/production/silent-night & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4488 17 Silent Night: An Opera Dedicated To The World War I Truce in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.operaphila.org/production/silent-night & http://kimmelcenter.org/events/index.php?id=4488 17 Franz Schubert - Octet In F Major, D. 803 in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/chamber-music-concert-2?date=2013-02-17_15-00 21 The Music Of Georg Friedrich Händel, Georg Philipp Telemann And Henry Purcell in Princeton, NJ. Info: http://www.guildforearlymusic.org/Main.aspx?PageCode=EVENT_LIST&DateFrom=2%2f21%2f2013&DateTo=2%2f21%2f2013 21 A Performance Of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto In G major and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/rite-spring?date=2013-02-21_20-00 23 A Performance Of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto In G major And Igor Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/rite-spring-0?date=2013-02-23_20-00 24 A Performance Of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto In G major And Igor Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/rite-spring-1?date=2013-02-24_14-00
March 01 Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 http://www.philorch.org/concert/beyond-score?date=2013-03-01_19-00 03 Bach Gala in Gladwyne, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/springschedule.php 10 The Music Of Witold Lutosławski, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart And Ludwig Van Beethoven in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/beethovens-eroica-1?date=2013-03-10_14-00 17 "Ayres And Prayers From Stuart England Circa 1603 To 1714" in Solebury, PA. Info: http://www.lafiocco.org/upcoming-events.html 29 Johann Sebastian Bach's Saint John Passion in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/springschedule.php
April 13 Colonial Music Concert in Trenton, NJ. Info: http://www.barracks.org/calendarofevents2013.htm 19 Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Delaware River Consort (With Music Of The 13th Through 18th Centuries) in Princeton, NJ. Info: http://www.guildforearlymusic.org/Main.aspx?PageCode=EVENT_LIST&DateFrom=4%2f19%2f2013&DateTo=4%2f19%2f2013 20 "Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery" in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/vivaldi%E2%80%99s-ring-mystery?date=2013-04-20_11-30 20 Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://www.philorch.org/concert/bach-and-his-brandenburgs-1?date=2013-04-20_20-00 21 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Quartet In F Major, KV370", Bohuslav Martinu's "Fantasie" And Johannes Brahms' "Piano Quartet In A Major, Opus 26" in Solebury, PA. Info: http://www.concordiaplayers.org/ 28 Princeton Festival Of The Arts Communiversity (Music, Crafts And More) in Princeton, NJ. Info: http://www.visitprinceton.org/activities/events/communiverisity & http://www.guildforearlymusic.org/Main.aspx?PageCode=EVENT_LIST&DateFrom=4%2f28%2f2013&DateTo=4%2f28%2f2013 May 10 Ludwig Van Beethoven Gala in Philadelphia, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/springschedule.php 19 David Clark Little Harpsichord Concert in Doylestown, PA. Info: http://www.guildforearlymusic.org/Main.aspx?PageCode=EVENT_LIST&DateFrom=5%2f19%2f2013&DateTo=5%2f19%2f2013 31 Baroque Spring in Chestnut Hill, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/springschedule.php
June 02 "Bach And Before: Music Of The German Baroque, 1650 To 1750 And Of German-Speaking Composers, 1680 To 1750" in Solebury, PA. Info: http://www.lafiocco.org/upcoming-events.html 02 Baroque Spring in Paoli, PA. Info: http://voxamadeus.org/springschedule.php
October 27 The King, The Pope And The Doge: French And Italian Baroque Music Around 1650 in Solebury, PA. Info: http://www.lafiocco.org/upcoming-events.html
