dual personalities

Well, the George Washington’s birthday wreath-laying event went off without a hitch. It was a beautiful sunny day and Lafayette Park looked very nice. If you recall, last year it was freeeezing cold and I even wore my fur coat, so 57 degrees felt balmy!

Daughter #1 looked very glam in her red coat.

The SAR color guard remembered their flags.

My reading of Washington’s prayer was a hit with the speaker who also quoted from it.

Almighty God: We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government, and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large. And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

This is our chapter’s big event of the year so huzzah to daughter #1–you can relax (a little bit) now.

In other news I was sad to hear that Robert Duvall had died, but he was 95. I watched the first episode of Lonesome Dove in his honor.

He is so great in it. When I think of Robert Duvall, I always think of my old friend Art, who went to the Principia with him here in St. Louis and then to college with him at Principia College across the river. They were both Christian Scientists and their fathers, I believe, were both Rear Admirals. Both fine men.

Well, as Augustus would say, “Here’s to the sunny slopes of long ago.”