Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Something green for Saint Patrick’s Day 2008. Bucks County Bridge number 310 – Rebuilt 1931. Here’s some other events from around the world this month in 1931.

• March 1 – USS Arizona placed back in full commission after a refit.
• March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
• March 4 – British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.
• March 7 – New House of Representatives opened in Helsinki, Finland.
• March 11 – Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR programme, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 17 – Nevada legalizes gambling.
• March 23 – Revolt for Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
• March 25 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• March 27 – British writer Arnold Bennett dies in Paris when he drinks local water to prove it is safe to drink – but is poisoned.
• March 31 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua killing 2000 people.

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I rode my bike through town and stopped off at the bridge that carries folks into town over the same creek that rushes down the falls by the old battery factory. I was surprised to find clam shells in and around the water. I’m guessing they’re some kind of fresh water species of clam.

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