Happy Anniversary Super Bowl XIII!!!!

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Major/Quartermaster Horatio C. King (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on March 31, 1865, near Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia. His citation reads:

While serving as a volunteer aide, carried orders to the reserve brigade and participated with it in the charge which repulsed the enemy.

Ordinary Seaman Hugh King (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on September 7, 1871, on board the USS Iroquois. His citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Iroquois, Delaware River, 7 September 1871. Jumping overboard at the imminent risk of his life, King rescued one of the crew of that vessel from drowning.

Watertender John King (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 29, 1901, on board the USS Vicksburg AND on October 19, 1909, on board the USS Salem. His citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Vicksburg, for heroism in the line of his profession at the time of the accident to the boilers, 29 May 1901. SECOND MEDAL G.O. No.: 40, 19 October 1909. Citation: Watertender, serving on board the U.S.S. Salem, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 13 September 1909.


We hope all of you have a good Martin Luther King, Jr. Day today. While it’s true that I, in general, do not like “protests”… I do like the non-violent approach Dr. King took.

Today we’d like to wish the Pittsburgh Steelers a happy 34th Anniversary of their big win over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII (played on January 21, 1979). As you know, this win for the Pittsburgh is the reason I am a Steelers fan. I cannot begin to tell you how often I thank God during the NFL season that the Cowboys didn’t win Super Bowl XIII (which, I’m sure, would have made me a Cowboys fan).

Today would have been Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s 189th Birthday were he still with us. Before I forget (again), last Saturday would have been Robert E. Lee’s 206th Birthday. I’m not one to dwell on “what if’s” (ok, I probably am one to dwell on what if’s, but I try not to), but I’m as certain about what I’m about to say as I am about anything. Ever since I read my first book on the Civil War (many, many years ago), I have been convinced of two things. #1 – If Robert E. Lee had taken the offer to lead the Union Army, the war would have last a month… maybe two at most. #2 – Had Stonewall Jackson not been fatally wounded by friendly fire, the South would have won. But, alas, the war lasted longer than two months and the South didn’t win.