APPOMATTOX DAY
Not surprisingly, the Happy Holiday...

...hunt was handled overnight by Peter Huston. His email this morning correctly identified that April 9 is Appomattox Day. It celebrates the ending of the U.S. Civil War in 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant. http://www.nps.gov/apco/

"With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end." http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm

HH image (upper right corner of the EFB) courtesy of: http://www.johnpaulstrain.com/art/new-day-at-appomattox.htm.



Peter Huston, 1989 Ensenada
Race aboard the Swan 57
Ms Blu.