Good morning Tupelo! Today is Tuesday, February 4, 2020. It is the 35th day of the year. There are 331 days left in the year and 50 days left of winter! Valentine’s Day is in 10 days, and Spring starts in 51 days.
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HAPPENING TODAY
Today in Tupelo, here are the things going on around town:
The Itawamba Community College Belden Center will be offering a Composting Simplified and Demystified class at 4 p.m. with Instructor and Lee County Master Gardener, Dale Smith.
Outside of the Tupelo area, here are some other events you might want to check out:
In Fulton, check out STEM Story Time at the Itawamba County Pratt Memorial Library in Fulton, every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m..
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Good morning Tupelo! Today is Monday, February 3, 2020. It is the 34th day of the year. There are 332 days left in the year and 51 days left of winter! Valentine’s Day is in 11 days, and Spring starts in 52 days.
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HAPPENING TODAY
Today in Tupelo, here are the things going on around town:
Tupelo-Lee Humane Society invites you to Kitten Yoga! Kitten Yoga is held every Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. Classes are $10 per person and will be taught by professional yoga instructors in an environment filled with kitten happiness!
North Mississippi Medical Center will host a free smoking cessation class for individuals who are trying to stop smoking or using other tobacco products. The classes will meet at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, in Room 21 of NMMC’s East Tower, 830 S. Gloster Street.
MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
In a rare Monday night performance, The Blue Canoe in Tupelo will have Thomas Jackson performing tonight starting at 7:30 p.m.
In Oxford, it’s Open Mic Night at the Chancellor’s House. Oxford Open Mic is a free, acoustic open mic night in a relaxing, family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Oxford! Performance is open to musicians of all skill levels and ages who are wanting to play for a live audience.
Also in Oxford tonight, at Proud Larry’s, Durand Jones & The Indications will be playing, along with Y La Bamba & Buffalo Nichols, starting at 8 p.m.
FOOD TRUCKS
Tupelo’s Food Trucks can be found today at the following locations:
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This event created shockwaves through musical history as we know it. It has influenced me as a musician despite being well before my time.
My mother is also a musician. I listened to a lot of “oldies” because of my mother’s extensive rock and country record collection. The artists who died that day were but a few among the many records, but when you consider that these artists influenced many of others who followed, it’s a monster of a loss.
Mom was a huge Beatles fan. If you are as well, then you know that the Beatles may have never happened if it weren’t for John and Paul’s mutual love of Buddy Holly. In fact, the first song they ever recorded was a cover of “That’ll Be The Day.”
But even as the music influenced me, I knew only vaguely about the details of the crash until I saw the “La Bamba” film on television as a child. I was saddened by the story, but it was until I was in my mid-twenties that it resonated with me.
My then-husband had not seen La Bamba. We were browsing the video rental store (yes, I’m THAT old) and came across La Bamba. He was a musician as well, so we snatched it up. He decided we both needed to also see The Buddy Holly Story. We were unsure of its value since it included Gary Busey as Buddy Holly.
We rushed home and watched them back to back that evening. After the viewing was over, a distinct depression set in. I couldn’t even place or put into words what made the story so terribly personal to us, but it was. I got online to write about it on my personal journal page and when I pulled up a page to use for a quick fact check, I found that it was February 3rd. It sent chills down my spine. I called out to my spouse and informed him that it was the anniversary. We both stared at the screen in disbelief. Neither of us had realized it was that day. And since then, it has always stuck with me. This is the day the music died. And I always have a sad reverence for this day.
Good morning Tupelo! Today is Sunday, February 2, 2020. It is the 33rd day of the year. There are 333 days left in the year and 52 days left of winter! Valentine’s Day is in 12 days, and Spring starts in 53 days.
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HAPPENING TODAY
Today in Tupelo, here are the things going on around town:
The Farmhouse Tupelo will be hosting a Calligraphy for Beginners class with Sarah Barrett today at 1 p.m..
The Tupelo Cotton Mill will be hosting the Mud and Magnolias bridal expo today at 2 p.m..
Melony Armstrong, owner & CEO of Naturally Speaking Salon and Armstrong Braiding Academy, will be giving a class today at 4 p.m. “To Lock or Not To Lock: That is the Question.” Give her a listen as she untangles the myths of hair locks and lock in the facts. If you are considering locks, this is something you definitely don’t want to miss!
It’s also Super Bowl Sunday, just in case you forgot! The San Francisco 49ers will play the Kansas City Chiefs at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 (in our timezone), and will be broadcast on Fox. The halftime show this year will feature Jennifer Lopez and Shakira as the headlining artists in Miami.
Locally, we found some great Super Bowl Parties listed!
The Tupelo Country Club will be hosting a viewing party starting at 4 p.m.. They will have drink specials & heavy hors d’oeuvres, and entry is $20 per person. You can call 662.840.3277 with any questions, and reservations aren’t necessary but are appreciated.
D’ Cracked Egg Tupelo is hosting a watch party, starting at 4 p.m.. Regular menu open, with beer specials all night.
Mike’s Bar & Grill is having a Super Bowl Potluck, starting at 4 p.m.. Everyone is invited to bring a finger food or a dish, and have a good time!
There will also be a Super Bowl Watch Party at Brick & Spoon Tupelo, with $15 all-you-can-eat game food while live-streaming the game! They open at 5 p.m..
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Have a great day and get out there and enjoy Our Tupelo!
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Folks, tell me something: Why hasn’t someone built a better mousetrap?
In this day and age, we sent stuff to other planets and people don’t even care. We’ve sent people to the moon! We have every kind of electronic gizmo known to man — and we still try to catch a mouse with a plank and some bent wires.
There is only one thing I hate worse than a mouse, and that is setting those cotton picking traps.
Now most of you know me; I don’t get rattled by lots of things! I catch critters and snakes with no problem, but i can not stand the snap of those silly traps.
They go off with the slightest of movements, but somehow after you set them, they will stay set for years! What is wrong with this picture?
Pam woke me up from a sound sleep with a blood curdling scream, “Mouse! Mouse! There is a mouse!”
She screamed as she danced around me on the bed! The only thing that scares me more than a mouse trap is a mad woman!
This day is a federal observance, but not a public holiday. That means we can (and will!) celebrate this day, but you probably won’t be getting the day off from work.
National Freedom Day celebrates freedom from slavery, and recognizes that America is supposed to be a symbol of freedom and liberty.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th amendment on February 1, 1865. The states still had to ratify the amendment before it could become part of the Constitution. It became fully adopted on December 6, 1865.
Major Richard Robert Wright Senior, a former slave who founded the National Freedom Day Association, played a crucial role in creating the observance. Major Wright was deemed as a community leader in Philadelphia and was active in education, the media, business, and politics. He hoped to see a day that would be dedicated to celebrating freedom for all Americans. He worked to get the day recognized and got various leaders to support him. Wright was so well connected that he is reported to have known personally all the presidents from Rutherford B. Hayes (the 19th president) through Harry S. Truman (the 33rd president). He was almost ninety years old when he began to began to advocate for an annual commemoration of what he designated “National Freedom Day.” Wright invited national and local leaders to meet in Philadelphia to formulate plans to set aside February 1 each year to memorialize the signing of the 13th Amendment.
The first commemoration of such a day took place on February 1, 1942, although it was not made into law yet. A tradition of laying a wreath at Liberty Bell also began.
According to historian Mitch Kachun, Wright defined the purpose of the project in language that resonated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms defining America’s goals for global peace: freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear. The “adoption of National Freedom Day,” Wright said, was consistent with the principle articulated by President Roosevelt: “This principle implies that all men are not only equally entitled to all the freedoms, but some men in seeking to possess and enjoy these freedoms, must realize that they cannot have them without sharing them with others. In practice, they must prove that our declaration of freedom includes all men.”
At the age of 87, Wright traveled over 13,000 miles to rally support for the bill. Despite his efforts, the bill languished in Congress for five years before being defeated just a few weeks after Major Wright’s death in the summer of 1947. Wright was 92.
One year after Wright’s death in 1947, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a bill without opposition to make February 1 National Freedom Day. The holiday proclamation was signed into law on June 30, 1948, by President Harry Truman. It was the forerunner to Black History Day and later Black History Month, officially recognized in 1976, though began by Carter G. Woodson in 1926.
U.S. lobbyist Richard R. Wright was 9 years old when President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment on Feb. 1, 1865. For this reason, Wright lobbied to use the same date as National Freedom Day; a day to celebrate and promote harmony, happiness, and equal opportunity across the United States. More than anything, National Freedom Day is a marker for the abolition of slavery, but that act in itself opened up a new era of possibilities for African Americans, lending to the normalization of not just black people, but many minority cultures, for a better social status in America. This process took a long time over the course of U.S. history. The introduction of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, even the 19th Amendment in 1920 was influenced by this rush of minority rights.
TRISTAN PICOTTE, PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS, “NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY”
Many people in the United States reflect on and remember the importance of freedom on National Freedom Day. For some people, it is a time to promote goodwill, equality, and to appreciate our many freedoms. Wreath-laying at the Liberty Bell has also been a tradition to mark National Freedom Day for many years. Other events include annual breakfasts, luncheons, musical entertainment, film screenings, and literature meetings that explore the theme of freedom and celebrate the people, groups, and movements that led the way to the freedoms we now enjoy.
