An Old Flag

It's going into the coldest part of January. "That calls for a change in the spirits." This photo is from Minnesota in a warmer time of the year, but it's pretty and I took it.


There was some tennis tonight, but it was not exceptionally notable. We finished a couple of sets and no one got hurt. When you play with geezers, that's always one of your goals.

Minnesota's sesquicentennial is this year. It has been 150 years since Congress allowed the previously known territory of Minnesota to become a state. It was May 11, 1858, when the action passed the Congress. The first governor, Henry Sibley, took office 13 days later. The flag of the USA had to change to add its 32nd star, and this is the way Old Glory was configured for the next year until Kansas joined the Union.



Apparently there will be some sort of state wide celebration of the sesquicentennial, but it has been pretty low key so far, and not much money has been allocated for the celebration by our legislature. They are about to go into session soon, but there is no telling what will come out of it. I could make some money selling tee shirts with this flag on them, maybe, but it isn't likely to happen.