THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

— G.K. Chesterton

BIRTHDAYS:

1445 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Early Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), born in Florence, Republic of Florence.

1494 Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini], Italian Renaissance painter, born in Florence.

1819 Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat major Op. 22

1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor and designer.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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BEFORE THE NEXT LOCK DOWN (INCLUDING VIOLATING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO READ THE FOLLOWING: