#virginia darlington

[aheathen-conceivably]

Dearest Zelda,

First let me say what a joy it was to receive your latest letter! Truly I was so delighted upon seeing it in the mailbox that I ran straight for Isaiah. He is not one to worry, but when our latest contact to the address we had for you in New Orleans once again went unanswered, I fear even he had begun to grow concerned. 

I am delighted to read that your silence was not without good reason, and to see the wedding portrait you sent of you and Antoine as well as the photo of your daughter. How she has grown since we last saw her! She is not much younger than our eldest now, who I fear every day is so like your brother there is simply no one thing in this world that can tame her.

It does sound like your Violette is much the same, and how much joy it brings me to think that perhaps it is Florence’s spirit manifesting through them.

Our youngest have also begun to grow like weeds, much to my chagrin. Does it ever seem like sometimes you awaken and it’s as though the grass has grown a foot overnight? That is oft how I feel looking at them, and Rosalie seems to desire all the independence of her namesake. 

She wasn’t but a day over six when she began poking into Rosella’s old room, curiously pulling forth toys and books from the gathered dust like a miniature treasure hunter. Truthfully, I could not tell you why your brother and I had yet to bring the room back into the light of day. Once you took the portrait from it it was like a pall had lifted, but I feared that stirring it would upset your brother’s long-standing grief over your mother, so I daren’t say a word. 

But as children often do, Rosalie saw little of that other than a space to call her own, and we have now finally found the heart through her to give it a new life. I do hope your sister would love to see her in there, playing dolls and writing grand romantic stories for them aloud to her ever attentive twin. It is a joy to see them rediscover the beauty in the world that pain often hides, is it not?

Have you written to Virginia as well? I fear she may not be quite as conscious of the time that has gone by. With the dissolution of The Women’s Political and Social Union, her work has turned increasingly to involvement with the Women’s Labor League, eventually coming to the attention of the Labor Party themselves. 

I will admit that I am not as informed on the goings on of London as I perhaps should be, but even still it came as no surprise when the party nominated her as their candidate for Member of Parliament. As she so painstakingly explained it, the party itself has suffered great losses from their prominence in the 20s, what with the general bias of their associations with the communists and their seeming inability to stop the rampant unemployment that has taken hold even here. 

I suppose she is fully aware that this was the cause for her nomination, as she was able to run more on the merit of her charitable associations than the negative reputation the party has recently taken on. Yet if she was surprised that this platform worked, she has never let on; but her work in the House of Commons has all but taken over her life since her election in 1931. How I do miss her and Wally, but that doesn’t stop me from wishing that she keeps her seat in the upcoming election of ‘35, even if it means we will see less of them than ever.

I imagine that what little free time she has is now spent nearby at Oxford, where Wally was accepted upon his graduation from secondary school. While I’m sure being the son of a governing member of parliament was not a mark against him, I have no doubt he was accepted there on the merits of his intelligence alone. Even from the small amount of time he spent here in his teen years, it was clear to me what a bright boy he was. 

I am told he is majoring in physics there, a field that even in the briefest explanations Virginia has given me is quite beyond my comprehension. I suppose what else are we to expect with Virginia as his mother? I’m sure he’s had but the most informative, intellectual upbringing, even when it must have been colored by the high expectations that I can only imagine your sister set for him.

Despite her near constant work and best attempts to shield her vulnerability, there are moments when we speak and it seems as though Wally's departure brought forth much of the buried sentimentality within her. I suppose under it all she is but a mother like us all, proud of her child and yet sorrowful as his life grows beyond her own.

Before I sign off your brother has instructed me to ask you to include the most minute of details regarding your predicaments with the soil in your next letter. He has also asked me to attach a veritable field guide of advice, although I have told him that everything you have written points to the fact that you are in waters we could not navigate any better even if we tried.

I must admit that when I hear the word soil I think simply of the ground beneath verdant green grasses or darkened Bramblewood canopies. It makes me realize just how little of the world I have seen, but also how lucky we have been even in the throes of what seem to be such tumultuous times. I can only hope that such good fortune will last in England for many years to come, and that some of our knowledge may bring success to your efforts as well.

I must once again thank you for the photo of you and Antoine on your wedding day. We’ve placed it in our living room next to the photo of your mother and father when they were wed, as seems only right. In return I have also included a photo of all of us when we were last together to visit Wally’s new home in Oxford; although I’ll be the first to admit I do hope we spend the next high holiday together in Henford instead. Anything that close to London makes me long for the forest more than anything else.

Your mother once told me that she sent you every photo we took, and that you have been collecting them over the years. I hope this can make a welcome addition to such a tradition, and do always know that you are welcome here should you ever find need of solace in the place you once called home. 

Your sister in marriage,

 Summer Darlington

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

It all started at a NASCAR race at Darlington, when Ford approached Glen Wood and asked him if he’d help out with the effort in the 500. Wood was taken aback by a request from Ford Motor Company to have the team from the remote Virginia foothills, with no open-wheel racing experience, be a part of the Indianapolis 500. Glen said his initial response: “Are you kidding?”

Leaving no stone unturned and recognizing the opportunity to use lightning-quick pit stops to their advantage, the Ford folks weren’t kidding, and being as loyal to the Blue Oval as they were, Glen and Leonard were off to Indy. After building a relationship with a group of racers they’d never met, the Woods set to work on the fueling system they’d use on race day. Working with Ford engineers the race team had developed a fuel tank that had a giant venturi inside. The principle was simple, and time-proven. It’s the same device that allows fuel and air to flow quickly through a carburetor and makes airplanes fly. The Woods knew it would work.

The Woods also prepared for tire changes during the race, sanding and filing on the wheels and hubs and practicing tire swaps. But that tire work turned out to be unnecessary, as Clark ran the entire 500 on the same set of tires -- an impressive feat in and of itself. Nevertheless, the lasting contribution of the team from the remote Virginia foothills that Ford invited to Indianapolis is the art of today’s seconds-long pit stops and the tactical advantage they provide.

[typhlonectes]

‘I’ve got a dinosaur!’ African find illuminates dawn of dinos

230 million years ago, the earliest dinosaurs thrived in mild climates

During the late Triassic period, when the terrestrial world was a single sprawling land mass called Pangaea, a dog-size plant-eating dinosaur perished near a river in the southern part of the continent. When the river flooded, its body was buried by sediment, with some bones still articulated as in life.

About 230 million years later, paleontologist Chris Griffin, then a doctoral student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, spotted a thigh bone sticking out of a hill in the Cabora Bassa River Basin in what is now Zimbabwe. “I’ve got a dinosaur!” he called to his team.

In the weeks that followed, Griffin and paleontologists Darlington Munyikwa and Michel Zondo of the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo unearthed a nearly complete skeleton. It turned out to be a new species of early dinosaur: Mbiresaurus raathi, which they describe today in Nature...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/i-ve-got-dinosaur-african-find-illuminates-dawn-dinos

[black-paraphernalia]

       DR VERNON JOHNS

Born: April 22, 1892, Darlington Heights, VA 

Died: June 11, 1965, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Vernon Johns was an American minister based in the South and a pioneer in the civil rights movement. He is best known as the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Father of six children

Education: The University of Chicago, Oberlin College, Boydton Academic and Bible Institute

12 Things about Vernon Johns, a Devoted Preacher, and Pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement;

The Man Who Laid the GroundWork 

for

 Martin Luther King Jr.

Johns was born in Darlington Heights, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Three of his grandparents had been enslaved. His paternal grandfather was hanged for killing his master.

In 1915, Johns graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary and College.

While at Oberlin, Johns was highly respected by both his classmates and the faculty; he was chosen to give the annual student oration. After graduating from Oberlin in 1918, he attended the University of Chicago’s graduate school of theology.

In 1926, he was the first African American to have his work published in Best Sermons of the Year.

In 1929–33 Johns served as president of Lynchburg’s Virginia Theological Seminary and College. He was unable to stabilize the school’s finances and was forced to resign. He returned to his family farm for several years.

On one occasion, he paid his fare on a bus in Montgomery, and was directed to the back in the custom of segregated seating. He refused to sit there and demanded, and got, his money back.

He persuaded black women to bring charges in court against their white rapists, and he helped the women with their cases. No one was convicted, but just getting the white men into court was an achievement.

In 1947 Johns found his way to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. In spite of his eccentricities, its black-elite congregation liked his preaching and his leadership. Within two years, however, he started to speak out about racial issues and to castigate his congregation for ignoring them.

He sometimes ruffled feathers among his upper- and middle-class congregation by selling his farm produce outside the church building.

Following his departure from Dexter, Johns continued to speak at churches and colleges throughout the United States. At King’s request, he returned to Dexter as guest preacher for its 79th anniversary service.

A television film, Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (1994), written by Leslie Lee and Kevin Arkadie, was based on an unpublished biography by Henry W. Powell of The Vernon Johns Society.

David Anderson Elementary School in Petersburg, Virginia, was renamed as Vernon Johns Middle School. In 2009 was adapted as the junior high school for the city school system

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[illustratingwithwords]

The Similarities of Alex Stern and Ronan Lynch

There are so many characteristics shared between Alex Stern (Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo) and Ronan Lynch (The Raven Cycle and The Dreamer Trilogy, Maggie Stiefvater).

They are both *magic*. Alex Stern is a Wheelwalker. And Ronan is a Dreamer.

They both live in places where their magic is stronger. Alex lives in New Haven where nexuses where created using magic akin to her own. And her abilities grew stronger in New Haven. Ronan lives in Virginia where strong ley lines make his dreaming stronger.

For both Alex and Ronan, the first person they met that shared their abilities was a dark mirror of sorts. For Alex this was Belbalm who was a survivor like Alex but she took survival to a whole new level. And for Ronan it was Kavinsky who was like Ronan in his self-destruction. But where Kavinsky took his destructiveness into his dreaming, Ronan was a creator at his core.

Alex doesn't know where her magic comes from, but she hasn't had a mentor and chased a path of self-destruction while trying to survive a magic she had no control over. Ronan also sped down a path of self-destruction while trying to survive being a dreamer without a mentor, though that was his father's fault for not even trying to mentor him.

They each have a magic-obsessed *friend* that has no magic themselves. Alex has Darlington who was so desperate for a glimpse of magic that he nearly killled himself. And Ronan obviously has Gansey who has been chasing Glendower since forever.

There is so much more, but I really hate long posts.

[goalhofer]

U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 7/9/22

Mobile, Alabama: 2.22" (previous record 0.96" 1968)

Oxford, Alabama: 3.04" (previous record 0.97" 1948)

Chugach National Forest, Alaska: 1" (previous record 0.9" 1995)

Unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida: 3.12" (previous record 1.52" 1981)

Cumming, Georgia: 5.4" (previous record 1.1" 1969)

Unincorporated Mitchell County, Georgia: 4.08" (previous record 1.77" 1945)

Aledo, Illinois: 2.64" (previous record 1.32" 2003)

Galesburg, Illinois: 2.65" (previous record 1.93" 2004)

Liberty Township, Illinois: 1.68" (previous record 1.1" 2001)

Pana, Illinois: 2.86" (previous record 1.64" 2008)

Princeton, Illinois: 0.91" (previous record 0.9" 2003)

Rock Island Township, Illinois: 2.44" (previous record 1.69" 1969)

Windsor Township, Illinois: 1.77" (previous record 1.12" 2008)

Halbert Township, Indiana: 2.11" (previous record 1.68" 2012)

Hoosier National Forest, Indiana: 1.93" (previous record 1.42" 2001)

Oolitic, Indiana: 2.03" (previous record 1.59" 2016)

Unincorporated Barren County, Kentucky: 2.08" (previous record 1.23" 1982)

Bowling Green, Kentucky: 2.2" (previous record 1.2" 1991)

Louisville, Kentucky: 1.1" (previous record 0.98" 1969)

Rochester, Kentucky: 4.4" (previous record 4" 1991)

Unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland: 1.36" (previous record 0.99" 1970)

Preston, Minnesota: 3.55" (previous record 2.23" 2000)

Greenville, North Carolina: 3.25" (previous record 1.69" 1959)

Hatteras Township, North Carolina: 1.38" (previous record 1.18" 2010)

Howards Creek Township, North Carolina: 1.2" (previous record 1.13" 2011)

Ocracoke Township, North Carolina: 2.2" (previous record 2.18" 1963)

Washington, North Carolina: 3.32" (previous record 1.51" 1953)

Wilkesboro Township, North Carolina: 1.3" (previous record 0.82" 1980)

Wilson, North Carolina: 2.4" (previous record 1.2" 1953)

Bismarck, North Dakota: 1.06" (previous record 1.04" 1986)

Bamberg, South Carolina: 4.74" (previous record 2.29" 2005)

Darlington, South Carolina: 2" (previous record 1.65" 2019)

Chattanooga, Tennessee: 1.23" (previous record 1.03" 2020)

Huntingdon, Tennessee: 1.42" (previous record 1.33" 1968)

Lynchburg, Tennessee: 1.94" (previous record 1.58" 1956)

Martin, Tennessee: 2" (previous record 1.47" 1977)

Mt. Le Conte summit, Tennessee: 2.45" (previous record 1.85" 2001)

Nashville, Tennessee: 2.34" (previous record 1.37" 2008)

Norris, Tennessee: 0.99" (previous record 0.73" 1975)

Tullahoma, Tennessee: 1.44" (previous record 1.38" 1974)

Unincorporated Wilson County, Tennessee: 1.1" (also 1.1" 2012)

Wichita Falls, Texas: 0.2" (also 0.2" 2010)

Charlottesville, Virginia: 2.53" (previous record 1.92" 1996)

Lebanon, Virginia: 1.14" (previous record 1.05" 2011)

Unincorporated Patrick County, Virginia: 1.76" (previous record 1.7" 1996)

Quantico, Virginia: 2.37" (previous record 1.53" 2014)

Unincorporated Sussex County, Virginia: 1.76" (previous record 1.7" 1996)

Unincorporated Wyoming County, West Virginia: 1.5" (previous record 1.28" 2008)

South Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.5" (previous record 0.3" 2015)

[lboogie1906]

Pastor Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was a minister and civil rights activist. He was the predecessor to Martin Luther King Jr. as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He was born in Darlington Heights, Virginia to Willie Johns, a farmer, peddler, and Baptist preacher, and Sallie Branch Price Johns.

He was a voracious reader of Western classical thought. He graduated from the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute, and Virginia Theological Seminary and College and then attended Oberlin Seminary. He was chosen to give the annual student oration. He attended the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Theology. He moved to various congregations. He became the first African American to have his work published in Best Sermons of the Year.

He married Altona Trent (1927), a pianist and music teacher who became a professor, and the couple had six children, three sons, and three daughters.

He was president of Lynchburg’s Virginia Theological Seminary and College. He became the pastor of First Baptist Church in Charleston, West Virginia. He returned to Lynchburg as pastor of Court Street Baptist Church.

He became the nineteenth pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He was a proponent of civil rights in Montgomery and a community activist who urged his congregation to challenge the racial status quo. In response to the discrimination that African Americans faced on city buses, he once paid his bus fare and was directed to sit on the back of the bus, but refused to sit there and demanded his money back. He helped African American girls who had been raped by white men by demanding that local authorities arrest and prosecute their attackers.

He was known for his controversial sermon topics, including “It Is Safe to Kill Negroes in Montgomery.” His activism and challenges to the power structure paved the way for Dexter’s congregation to receive young Martin Luther King Jr. and to accept his socially active ministry. That acceptance enabled King to take a leading role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

He served as the director of the Maryland Baptist Center and was active in Farm and City Enterprises Inc. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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[nedsecondline]

Red Spotted Purple Admiral and Purple Phlox #flower #butterfly #virginia #FOTD

It’s Purple Day (but what day isn’t?!) Red Spotted Purple Admiral and Purple Phlox, 7/20/23. S. Darlington#FOTDRed Spotted Purple Admiral and Purple Phlox #flower #butterfly #virginia #FOTD

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 9.4

476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China. 929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg. 1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti. 1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily. 1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal. 1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland. 1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs. 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook. 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers. 1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France. 1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate. 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire. 1827 – The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city. 1839 – Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War. 1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North. 1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared. 1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers. 1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona. 1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film. 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace. 1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah. 1934 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort. 1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany. 1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer. 1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp. 1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union. 1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons. 1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York. 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race. 1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. 1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year. 1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board. 1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens. 1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley. 1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile. 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. 1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games. 1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2022, it is the longest running game show on American television. 1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed. 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco. 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon. 1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place. 1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University. 2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. 2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record. 2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations. 2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages. 2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

[reveal-the-news]

Virginia Tech and Zimbabwean paleontology teams lead discovery and naming of Africa’s oldest known dinosaur | VTx

Virginia Tech and Zimbabwean paleontology teams lead discovery and naming of Africa’s oldest known dinosaur | VTx

Darlington Munikwa, Deputy Executive Director of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe added, “The fossil assemblages exposed from the Pebble Archose Formation of the Cabora Bassa Basin, hitherto known for its paucity of animal fossils, are exciting. A number of fossil sites [are] Awaiting future exploration was recorded, highlighting the area’s potential to add more valuable scientific…

[aheathen-conceivably]

The English Darlingtons in early 1933 on the grounds of Oxford, where Wally Webber now attends university. Pictured is also his adoptive mother Virginia Darlington, who lives in nearby London, as well as Isaiah and Summer Darlington and their three children, who have made the trip from rural Henford-on-Bagley.

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Happy Labor Day with some Labor Day History

Happy Labor Day!  Labor Day, observed the first Monday in September, is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being.

Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades, picnics and parties – festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with – a street parade to exhibit “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.

Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

American labor has raised the nation’s standard of living and contributed to the greatest production the world has ever known and the labor movement has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership – the American worker.

Unofficial end of summer

Labor Day is called the “unofficial end of summer” because it marks the end of the cultural summer season. Many take their two-week vacations during the two weeks ending Labor Day weekend. Many fall activities, such as school and sports, begin about this time.

In the United States, many school districts resume classes around the Labor Day holiday weekend. Some begin the week before, making Labor Day weekend the first three-day weekend of the school calendar, while others return the Tuesday following Labor Day. Many districts across the Midwest are opting to begin school after Labor Day.

In the U.S. state of Virginia, the amusement park industry has successfully lobbied for legislation requiring most school districts in the state to have their first day of school after Labor Day, in order to give families another weekend to visit amusement parks in the state. The relevant statute has been nicknamed the “Kings Dominion law” after one such park. This law was repealed in 2019.

In the U.S. state of Minnesota, the State Fair ends on Labor Day. Under state law, public schools normally do not begin until after the holiday. One reason given for this timing was to allow time for schoolchildren to show 4-H projects at the Fair.

In U.S. sports, Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of many fall sports. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) teams usually play their first games that weekend, and the National Football League (NFL) traditionally plays their kickoff game the Thursday following Labor Day. The Southern 500 NASCAR auto race has been held on Labor Day weekend at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina from 1950 to 2003 and since 2015.  At Indianapolis Raceway Park, the National Hot Rod Association holds their finals of the NHRA U.S. Nationals drag race that weekend.  Labor Day is the middle point between weeks one and two of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships held in Flushing Meadows, New York.

In fashion, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day when it is acceptable to wear white or seersucker.

There are numerous events and activities organized in major cities. For example, New York offers the Labor Day Carnival and fireworks over Coney Island. In Washington, one popular event is the Labor Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol featuring the National Symphony Orchestra with free attendance.

Labor Day sales

To take advantage of large numbers of potential customers with time to shop, Labor Day has become an important weekend for discounts and allowances by many retailers in the United States, especially for back-to-school sales. Some retailers claim it is one of the largest sale dates of the year, second only to the Christmas season’s Black Friday.

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Happy Labor Day

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[nansheonearth]

2022 Women's Events

April

Virginia Women's Music Festival - April (date tbd) - Ferncliff, VA (donations)

May

Velvet Ibiza - May 3-8 - Ibiza, Spain

Lesben-Frühlings-Treffen - May 11 - (virtual) Marburg, Germany

Cinema Systers Lesbian Film Festival - May 26-29 - Paducah, KY (film submissions)

Russian River Women's Weekend - May 20-22 - Guernville, CA

A Camp - dates tbd - Ojai, CA

June

Girls In Wonderland - June 2-6 - Orlando, FL

Go Girl Saugatuck - June 3-5 - Saugatuck, MI

Sovereign Women Speak - June 3-6 - Seattle, WA

Fabulosa (with dogs) - June 9-12 - Yosemite, CA

Fabulosa (no dogs allowed) - June 16-19 - Yosemite, CA

National Women's Music Festival - June 30-July 3 - Middleton, WI (volunteer and work exchange)

Where Womyn Gather - June (date tbd) - Northeast Pennsylvania

July

Mystical Womxn's Magicfest - July 5-10 - Michigan (workshop submissions)

Serenity and Sobriety on The Land: A Week of Recovery in The Woods - July 12-17 - Michigan

Farmfest For Females - July 12-17 - Iowa

WPI (Women’s Performance Initiative) Presents: Festival on The Land, Music Camp for Women and Girls - July 19-24 - Michigan

Big Mouth Girl - July 26-31 - Michigan (donation)

Singing and Playing On The Land + Girls Fest - July 31-August 5 - Michigan (volunteer)

August

Michigan Framily Reunion - August 5-8 - Wayland, MI (donation) (volunteer)

Fern Fest - August 9-14 - Michigan

OreGaia - full moon weekend (dates tbd) - Oregon

Actualize - dates tbd (memorial day weekend) - California

Savannah Moon Celebration - date tbd - Pepin, WI

Twin Oaks Women's Gathering - date tbd - Louisa, VA

AquaGirl - date tbd - Miami, FL

September

Womenfest - September 7-11 - Key West, FL

SisterSpace Weekend - September 9-11 - Darlington, MD

Lesvos Women's Festival - September 10-24 - Skala Eressos, Lesbos, Greece

Black Lesbians United - dates tbd (labor day weekend) - Malibu, CA

Lezapalooza - September 30 - Clinton, NJ

Ohio Lesbian Festival - date tbd - Lockbourne, OH

Farmfest For Females (see June above for link) - September (date tbd) - Iowa

The Dinah Shore Weekend - date tbd - Palm Springs, CA

Word Rock Sword - date tbd - New York City, NY

Lezathlon - date tbd - Los Angeles, CA

October

Women's Week - date tbd - Provincetown, MA

ClexaCon - date tbd - Las Vegas, NV

Cineffable - date tbd - Paris, France (poster competition) (film submissions)

November

Redrox Music Festival - November 5-6 - Springdale, UT

Last updated 2022 February 25

[warped-historian]

Warped Tour, 2000

Dates:

June 23: Fresno, California

June 24: Chula Vista, California

June 25: Phoenix, Arizona

June 28: Ventura, California

June 29: Anaheim, California

June 30: Anaheim, California

July 1: San Francisco, California

July 2: Soda Springs, California

July 3: Nampa, Idaho

July 4: George, Washington

July 6: Calgary, Alberta

July 7: Missoula, Montana

July 8: Salt Lake City, Utah

July 9: Brighton, Colorado

July 11: Minneapolis, Minnesota

July 12: Tinley Park, Illinois

July 13: Cleveland, Ohio

July 14: Camden, New Jersey

July 16: Asbury Park, New Jersey

July 17: Malta, New York

July 18: Pittsburgh, Massachusetts

July 19: Buffalo, New York

July 20: Boston, Massachusetts

July 21: Montreal, Quebec

July 22: Barrie, Ontario

July 23: Pontiac, Michigan

July 24: New York, New York

July 25: Bristow, Virginia

July 26: Hampton, Virginia

July 27: Knoxville, Tennessee

July 28: Jacksonville, Florida

July 29: West Palm Beach, Florida

July 30: Orlando, Florida

July 31: Panama City, Florida

August 1: Nashville, Tennessee

August 3: Houston, Texas

August 4: Dallas, Texas

August 5: San Antonio, Texas

August 6: El Paso, Texas

Lineup:

The Ataris (Played 8/1-8/6)

Green Day (Played 6/23-7/30)

Jurassic 5 (Played 6/23-8/1)

Lit (Played 7/11)

Long Beach Dub All-Stars

Millencolin

MxPx (Played 6/23-7/4 and 7/8-8/4)

No Doubt (Played 7/11)

NOFX

Suicide Machines

Weezer (Played 6/23 and 6/28-7/1)

The Black Eyed Peas (Played 7/11)

Dilated Peoples (Played 7/11-7/16)

The Donnas (Played 6/23-7/9)

Fenix TX (Played 6/23)

Good Riddance

Less Than Jake (Played 8/1-8/6)

Lunachicks (Played 6/23-7/9 and 7/24)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Save Ferris (Played 7/17-8/6)

Snapcase

Supersuckers (Played 7/3-7/9)

T.S.O.L. (Played 6/23-7/4 and 7/7-7/9)

Unwritten Law (Played 7/23 and 7/25-8/6)

AFI (Played 7/11-7/18 and 7/24)

A.N.I.M.A.L. (Played 7/11-8/6)

Anti-Flag

Apartment 26 (Played 7/25-7/31)

Avail (Played 7/21-8/6)

B-Side Players (Played 6/23-6/29)

Deviates

The Dickies (Played 6/23-6/24 and 6/29-7/2)

Dover (Played 6/30-7/4)

Flogging Molly

Gob (Played 7/6-7/7 and 7/18-7/23)

The Hippos (Played 7/23 and 7/25-8/6)

Hot Water Music

Lefty (Played 6/28, 6/30-7/9)

The Muffs (Played 7/7-7/16 and 7/24)

New Found Glory (Played 7/11-7/16 and 7/24)

No Motiv (Played 6/25-6/28)

One Man Army

One Minute Silence (Played 7/17-7/23)

Papa Roach (Played 6/23-7/13; 7/16-7/20)

Saves The Day (Played 8/1-8/6)

Six Feet Under (Played 7/11-7/13)

Ugly Duckling (Played 6/24 and 6/28-6/29)

Vision of Disorder (Played 7/14-7/16, 7/20 and 7/24)

Zeke (Played 7/3-7/4 and 7/7)

10 Minutes Down (Played 7/4)

All Or Nothing (Played 8/1-8/6)

The Anniversary (Played 7/11)

Beatsteaks (Played 7/20-7/23 and 7/25)

Belvedere (Played 7/6-7/7)

Bif Naked (Played 7/3-7/22)

Blister 66 (Played 7/8-7/9)

Boy Kicks Girl (Played 7/2)

Bueno (Played 6/23-7/30 and 8/1-8/6)

The Bulemics (Played 8/4-8/5)

CKY (Played 7/12-7/30)

Cooter (Played 7/28-7/30)

Copestone (Played 7/14)

The Cover Ups (Played 6/29)

Darlington (Played 8/4-8/6)

Defiance of Authority (Played 7/13)

The Dillinger Escape Plan (Played 7/14-7/17 and 7/24)

The Distillers (Played 7/16, 7/18-7/19, 7/28-7/30 and 8/1-8/3)

El Pus (Played 7/28-7/30)

Elliot (Played 7/26-7/27)

Fallback Plan (Played 7/11)

F.M. Racket (Played 6/24-6/29 and 7/2-7/3)

F.O.N. (Played 6/25-6/28)

Hellafied Funk Crew (Played 8/1-8/6)

Hot Rod Circuit (Played 7/17)

The Impossibles (Played 8/1)

Jerk Water Jive (Played 7/13)

Jersey (Played 7/21-7/22)

The Know How (Played 7/30)

Let's Go Bowling (Played 6/23)

Libertine (Played 7/11-7/12)

Lickwid X (Played 6/29-6/30)

The Line (Played 6/23-7/30 and 8/1-8/6)

Mad Caddies (Played 7/17-7/23 and 7/25-7/31)

Midtown (Played 7/8-7/12)

My Superhero (Played 6/24-6/25, 6/30 and 7/2-7/4)

Neville Staple & The Hitmen (Played 6/28)

New Found Glory (Played 7/17)

Nipon (Played 7/23)

No Motiv (Played 6/24 and 6/29)

O.A.R. (Played 7/16 and 7/25)

One Minute Silence (Played 7/25)

Pelligro (Played 7/3-7/4)

Pimpadelic (Played 8/1-8/6)

The Planet Smashers (Played 7/19-7/20)

Pollen (Played 6/23)

Potluck (Played 7/1)

Relish (Played 6/23-7/9)

Reset (Played 7/12-7/19 and 7/24)

Rubber Room (Played 7/13-7/14)

Scooter Trash (Played 7/23)

Shindig (Played 7/26-7/27)

Showoff (Played 7/16-7/19)

Simon Has No Pants (Played 7/24)

Skatamatic Weapons (Played 7/28 and 7/30)

Slightly Stoopid (Played 7/6-7/9)

Small Brown Bike (Played 7/18-7/19 and 7/25)

Soulcracker (Played 6/24-6/25 and 8/1-8/6)

The Spitvalves (Played 7/26)

The Stereo (Played 7/11-7/12)

Stunt Monkey (Played 7/1-7/2)

Sum 41 (Played 7/20-7/22)

Texas Teri (Played 6/30)

Throw Rag (Played 6/30)

Too Bad Eugene (Played 6/23 and 6/30-7/1)

Turndown (Played 6/23 and 6/29)

Twin Fold (Played 7/21-7/22)

Userfriendly (Played 6/23-6/24)

Watson Family (Played 6/25)

Whippersnapper (Played 7/26-7/27)

The WhyIOughtas (Played 7/27)

The World/Inferno Friendship Society (Played 7/24)

Cheap Leis (Played 6/23-7/2)

The Stingrays

The Toledo Show

[goalhofer]

U.S. Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 10/1/22

Unincorporated Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK: 0.2" (also 0.2" 2019)

Unincorporated Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK: 0.2" (also 0.2" 2021)

Hoonah, Alaska: 2.47" (previous record 1.2" 1979)

Juneau, Alaska: 2.53" (previous record 1.34" 2019)

Pelican, Alaska: 4.52" (previous record 3.42" 2021)

Unincorporated Adams County, Colorado: 0.48" (previous record 0.21" 1991)

Arapaho National Forest, Colorado: 0.43" (previous record 0.21" 1998)

Brumley Pass summit, Colorado: 0.5" (previous record 0.4" 2007)

Dillon, Colorado: 0.6" (previous record 0.55" 1950)

Fremont Pass summit, Colorado: 0.86" (previous record 0.68" 2017)

Georgetown, Colorado: 0.43" (previous record 0.36" 1948)

Unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado: 0.38" (previous record 0.25" 2004)

Pike National Forest, Colorado: 0.42" (previous record 0.4" 1998)

Ridgway, Colorado: 0.74" (previous record 0.55" 2002)

Walden, Colorado: 0.35" (previous record 0.32" 2004)

Galena Pass summit, Idaho: 0.4" (previous record 0.3" 1983)

Lost Wood Divide summit, Idaho: 1.1" (previous record 0.8" 1983)

Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana: 0.9" (previous record 0.8" 1989)

Boulder, Montana: 0.45" (previous record 0.36" 2000)

Unincorporated Broadwater County, Montana: 0.47" (previous record 0.44" 2016)

Unincorporated Cascade County, Montana: 0.72" (previous record 0.69" 1989)

Unincorporated Cascade County, Montana: 1.1" (previous record 0.38" 1989)

Deerlodge National Forest, Montana: 0.3" (also 0.3" 2000)

Unincorporated Golden Valley County, Montana: 0.8" (previous record 0.75" 1971)

Grass Range, Montana: 0.66" (previous record 0.62" 1986)

Great Falls, Montana: 0.29" (also 0.29" 1986)

Helena, Montana: 0.67" (previous record 0.33" 1946)

Helena National Forest, Montana: 1.1" (previous record 0.8" 2018)

Unincorporated Lewis & Clark County, Montana: 1.25" (previous record 0.43" 1946)

Lewis & Clark National Forest, Montana: 1.3" (previous record 0.4" 2000)

Rocker Peak summit, Montana: 0.6" (previous record 0.4" 1989)

Stanford, Montana: 1.46" (previous record 0.59" 1989)

Unincorporated Sweet Grass County, Montana: 1.06" (previous record 0.78" 1971)

Targhee National Forest, Montana: 0.6" (also 0.6" 2000)

Boone, North Carolina: 2.04" (previous record 1.16" 1989)

Clayton, North Carolina: 3.1" (previous record 2.8" 1971)

Eden, North Carolina: 2.23" (previous record 1.53" 1984)

Graham, North Carolina: 3.18" (previous record 2.31" 1984)

Jefferson Township, North Carolina: 1.7" (previous record 1.55" 1965)

Laurinburg, North Carolina: 2.84" (previous record 1.77" 1964)

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: 4.2" (previous record 1.61" 2010)

Upper Hominy Township, North Carolina: 0.4" (also 0.4" 2019)

Waccamaw Township, North Carolina: 2.3" (previous record 2.27" 1973)

Wentworth Township, North Carolina: 2.68" (previous record 1.57" 1984)

Andrews, South Carolina: 2.5" (previous record 1.7" 2015)

Unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina: 2.81" (previous record 2.57" 1955)

Darlington, South Carolina: 3.35" (previous record 2.3" 1971)

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: 2.35" (previous record 0.53" 2011)

Unincorporated Spartanburg County, South Carolina: 2.01" (previous record 0.27" 2012)

Summerville, South Carolina: 5.6" (previous record 1.8" 1911)

Sumter, South Carolina: 2.96" (previous record 2.38" 1964)

Walterboro, South Carolina: 3" (previous record 0.79" 1911)

Winnsboro, South Carolina: 3.17" (previous record 2.42" 1929)

Elizabethton, Tennessee: 1.25" (previous record 0.78" 1989)

Big Water, Utah: 0.01" (previous record 0" 2021)

Canyonlands National Park, Utah: 0.17" (previous record 0.14" 2004)

Hovenweep National Monument, Utah: 0.23" (previous record 0.16" 1984)

Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah: 0.7" (previous record 0.65" 1990)

Clarksville, Virginia: 2.45" (previous record 1.63" 1936)

Emporia, Virginia: 2.53" (previous record 1.75" 1971)

Unincorporated Giles County, Virginia: 1.75" (previous record 1.68" 1959)

Lebanon, Virginia: 1.13" (previous record 1.08" 1989)

Martinsville, Virginia: 1.8" (previous record 1.79" 1989)

New Castle, Virginia: 1.88" (previous record 1.8" 1979)

Unincorporated Patrick County, Virginia: 2.97" (previous record 2.25" 1959)

Pulaski, Virginia: 2.3" (previous record 0.85" 1984)

Roanoke, Virginia: 2.11" (previous record 1.54" 1989)

South Boston, Virginia: 2.54" (previous record 1.61" 1984)

Unincorporated Washington County, Virginia: 1.15" (previous record 0.8" 2015)

Wytheville, Virginia: 1.66" (previous record 1.51" 1989)

Alderson, West Virginia: 1.54" (previous record 1.24" 1984)

Unincorporated Braxton County, West Virginia: 1" (previous record 0.95" 1958)

Bridgeport, West Virginia: 0.82" (previous record 0.41" 1939)

Unincorporated Raleigh County, West Virginia: 2.29" (previous record 1.03" 1977)

Unincorporated Randolph County, West Virginia: 1.74" (previous record 1.24" 1966)

Unincorporated Summers County, West Virginia: 1.95" (previous record 1.04" 1959)

Unincorporated Wood County, West Virginia: 2.06" (previous record 1.53" 1977)

Battle Mt. summit, Wyoming: 0.7" (previous record 0.5" 2007)

Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming: 0.8" (previous record 0.7" 1989)

Dubois, Wyoming: 0.83" (previous record 0.65" 1927)

Unincorporated Hot Springs County, Wyoming: 0.66" (previous record 0.38" 2009)

Unincorporated Johnson County, Wyoming: 0.5" (previous record 0.4" 2017)

Unincorporated Lincoln County, Wyoming: 0.64" (previous record 0.39" 2017)

Powder River Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.5" (also 0.5" 2014)

Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming: 0.5" (also 0.5" 2002)

Teton National Forest, Wyoming: 0.61" (previous record 0.5" 2002)

Unincorporated Washakie County, Wyoming: 0.57" (previous record 0.51" 2009)