This Day in United States History ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ
On October 20, 1981, major U.S. newspaper headlines included: REAGAN AND MITTERRAND OBSERVE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF YORKTOWN - with the New York Times reporting excerpts from Reagan's speech: This field, this ceremony and this day hold special meaning for people the world over, whether free in their lives or only in their dreams. Not long after the Battle of Yorktown, Lafayette wrote home to France. Here, he said, ''Humanity has won its battle, liberty now has a country.''
It was an extraordinary moment in history. The Continental Army had marched more than 400 miles, from the Hudson River in New York to the tidewaters of Virginia. They surprised and stranded Lord Cornwallis on the tip of this peninsula. When Admiral de Grasse and his French fleet blockaded the Chesapeake, the trap was sprung; there could be no rescue by land or by sea.
Nearly 8,000 British soldiers had swept from Charleston to Richmond to this spot between the York and the James Rivers, with far more victories than defeats.
Their enemies were a band of colonists, with bandaged feet and muskets that couldn't be counted on to fire, but the British were thousands of miles from home and the Americans were fighting where they lived.
In a masterly execution of a textbook siege, General Washington and his grab-bag army defeated the finest troops King George could field.
On This Date In The Music World ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ
The newly released single, "Hard to Say," by Dan Fogelberg, was getting lots of airplay on AM/FM radio stations throughout the United States. It would eventually peak at number 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary music chart.
Enjoy part of Sunday night's twilight ride with me. While it would have been nice to have had some nice clouds with the setting sun, the night was still beautiful - and 68ยบ was an awesome temperature for a ride. Volume UP to some of my hometown boy, Dan Fogelberg! โฌ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐๐
Hard to Say ~ Dan Fogelberg ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
Lucky at love, well maybe so
There's still a lot of things you'll never know
Like why each time the sky begins to snow, you cry
You're faithful to her in your careless way
And so you miss her when she's far away
But every time you think you've got it straight, you fall
You face the future with a weary past
Those dreams you banked upon are fading fast
You know you love her, but it may not last, you fear
It's never easy and it's never clear
Who's to navigate and who's to steer
And so you flounder, drifting ever near the rocks
It's hard to say where love went wrong
It's hard to say just when (it's so hard to say)
It's hard to walk away from love
It may never come again
You do your best to keep your hand in play
And try to keep those lonesome blues at bay
You think you're winning but it's hard to say, sometimes
It's hard to say where love went wrong
It's hard to say just when (it's so hard to say)
It's hard to walk away from love
It may never come again
Lucky at love, well maybe so
There's still a lot of things you'll never know
Like why each time the sky begins to snow, you cry
Well, you cry
Ooh, you still have to cry ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ