The fatal encounter of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., left Martin shot to death, Zimmerman in hiding, and the Occupy movement joining Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in the streets. If Zimmerman, the neighborhood-watch volunteer who killed Martin, committed a crime beforehand — e.g., assault, which he might have committed by following Martin in a threatening manner — then the state's "stand your ground" law, which allows armed Floridians to shoot in self-defense even outside their own homes, does not apply, even if Martin attacked in turn. But we do not yet know what happened, apart from the tragic denouement. That's why we have investigations. Prodding the investigators is one thing. But now we are in the court of spectacle, as Spike Lee retweets Zimmerman's purported address (which turns out actually to belong to a bewildered elderly couple), the New Black Panther party offers a $10,000 reward for his "capture" ("an eye for an eye," a spokesman explained), and theNew York Times debuts a new racial category, "white Hispanic" (Zimmerman's mother was Peruvian, but that disrupts the racial narrative). President Obama commented on the case, perhaps fearing that Sharpton would call him a white black if he did not. We say, let justice be done. From: Bill Bennett <billbennett@billbennett.com>
Date: March 31, 2012 7:01:12 AM EDT
To: Victor Cuvo <vacuvo@yahoo.com>
Subject: The American Patriot's Daily Almanac - March 31st
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The American Patriot's Daily Almanac
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March 31st One of Hollywood's Finest
"John Ford passionately loves freedom," President Nixon said on March 31, 1973. "John Ford, in his works, has depicted freedom in all of its profound depths. . . . John Ford has fought for freedom, and for that reason it is appropriate that tonight, on behalf of all of the American people, he receives the Medal of Freedom."
The son of Irish immigrants (his real name was John Martin Feeney), director John Ford gave generations of moviegoers his vision of America in dozens of beloved Hollywood films— movies such as Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). But some of his work took place far from American shores.
Though already a famous director, Ford joined the Navy during World War II and put together a unit of film crews to document much of the war. In June 1942 he filmed the Battle of Midway from atop the island's powerhouse, a primary target for Japanese bombers. At one point a piece of flying concrete hit him on the head and knocked him out. He came to, grabbed his camera, and kept shooting. When shrapnel tore a hole in his arm, he kept relaying information about the battle's progress to officers on the ground.
Ford went in harm's way from the Pacific to North Africa to the Normandy coast. On D-Day, he oversaw cameramen filming the Allied invasion. After the war, while he continued his legendary Hollywood career, he held the rank of rear admiral in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Perhaps in part because he knew the cost of freedom, Ford spent a lifetime interpreting his nation's heritage. He accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the country's highest civilian honors, with the words, "God bless America."American History Parade
1854 In Tokyo, Commodore Matthew Perry signs a treaty opening Japanese ports to American trade. 1880 Wabash, Indiana, becomes the first U.S. town with a totally electric streetlight system (four lights powered by a steam engine). 1896 Chicago inventor Whitcomb Judson patents a "hookless fastener," an early zipper. 1933 Congress establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps to help put men to work during the Depression. 1970 Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, reenters the atmosphere after twelve years in orbit. 1973 President Nixon awards John Ford the Medal of Freedom. This content is courtesy of The American Patriot's Almanac
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