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	07/14/10 - NNHS Newsletter - Bastille Day “No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.” - J. Michael Straczynski (b. 17 July 1954)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   

   This marks but our second observance of this French holiday here together:

http://nnhs65.com/07-14-09-NNHS-Bastille-Day.html

   My mama,               the late Maxine Frix Buckley (John Marshall HS - '25), used to sing me the first verse of La Marseillaise every July 14. Unfortunately, I thought the title alone (much like the German umlauted "u") was virtually impossible for all but natives of the language to learn, so I never bothered to memorize the anthem myself.  Add that to my list of life's regrets.

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g - La Marseillaise, French National Anthem (French / English translations - complete with errors)

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZ4GQ5ZPME - La Marseillaise, Roberto Alagna

BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8dafLxLcI - La Marseillaise, Mireille Mathieu, 1989

BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubbhQuHISY - La Marseillaise, Mireille Mathieu again, but with a great slide show

BONUS #5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KL76edqCKc - Clip from Casablanca (1942) **** - At the behest of Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), the French resist the Nazis with an emotional rendition of La Marseillaise to drown out a group of German soldiers singing Die Wacht am Rhein.

BONUS #6 - http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Bastille-Day/Detail.aspx - Bastille Day Recipes:

     http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quiche-Lorraine-I-2/Detail.aspx - Quiche Lorraine

BONUS #7 - http://labellecuisine.com/archives/Index%20-%20Bastille%20Day%20Recipes.htm - Bastille Day Recipes

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise:

"La Marseillaise" ("The [Song] of Marseille"; French pronunciation: [la maʁsɛˈjɛz]) is the national anthem of France. It was written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792 and adopted in 1795 as the nation's first anthem. It is also the first example of the European march style of anthem.

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise" in Strasbourg on 25 April 1792. Its original name was "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine") and it was dedicated to Marshal Nicolas Luckner, a Bavarian-born French officer from Cham. It became the rallying call of the French Revolution and received its name because it was first sung on the streets by volunteers (fédérés) from Marseille upon their entry into Paris on 30 July 1792 after a young volunteer from Montpellier called François Mireur had sung it at a patriotic gathering in Marseille and the troops adopted it as the marching song of the National Guard of Marseille. A newly graduated medical doctor, Mireur later became a general under Napoléon Bonaparte and died in Egypt at 28.

The song's lyrics reflect the invasion of France by foreign armies (from Prussia and Austria) which was ongoing when it was written; Strasbourg itself was attacked just a few days later. The invading forces were repulsed from France following their defeat in the Battle of Valmy.

"La Marseillaise" was screamed during the levée en masse and met with huge success^{[citation needed]}.

The Convention accepted it as the French national anthem in a decree passed on 14 July 1795, making it France's first; but it was then banned successively by Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, and Napoleon III, only being reinstated briefly after the July Revolution of 1830.^[1] During Napoleon I's reign Veillons au Salut de l'Empire was the unofficial anthem of the regime and during Napoleon III's reign Partant pour la Syrie. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries "La Marseillaise" was recognised as the anthem of the international revolutionary movement and in 1871, it was adopted by the Paris Commune. Eight years later in 1879, it was restored as France's national anthem, and has remained so ever since.

HOMEWORK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa071400.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/99bastilleday.html

http://www.progress.org/fold46.htm

REUNION ALERTS:

   Thanks, Dave!

   Certainly, David!

     From Me ('65) of IL - 07/13/10 - "My Anniversary Gift to You (continued from yesterday)":

   I decided to actually work on the site itself and do some long overdue scanning.  As a result, these pages are either entirely new or newly fleshed-out with images:

http://nnhs65.com/SITE-MAP.html 

     http://nnhs65.com/GRADUATIONS.html

          http://nnhs65.com/GRAD-1967.html

     http://nnhs65.com/TRACK.html

          http://nnhs65.com/TRACK-67.html

   Why, you may well wonder, did I concentrate solely on the Class of 1967??  That's because         David Whitley ('67) of VA graciously loaned me his 1967 Anchor back in the Fall of 2006 and it's high time to return it to him!

   Thanks again, Gorgeous!

NOTE: I had  planned to finish several more sections, but this is taking even longer (and making me even nutzier!) than I had anticipated, so I'll be working on this for the next few days.

    From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/12/10 - " Pictures -- Buckroe Beach Amusement Park":

Do we have these photos?

http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-oldbuckroe-pg,0,6721594.photogallery

   Wellll, yes, no, and sorta, Jean! Some of these we have posted, some are in my files waiting to be posted (not that I ever get backlogged or anything), and some are totally new to me.

   Thanks so much, Lady! I'll try to peddle faster!

   WILD GIGGLES! Thanks, Domi - gotta love it!

Carol,

I remember Mrs. Hutton well. She was my band teacher for Grades 5-7 at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School (1965-67). There are a lot of good memories from those years. Thanks for posting this.

Susan Harlin
Class of '72

Susan Harlin, Photographer
http://www.jbhphoto.com
Fine Art Photography. . .the Old Fashion Way.

   Thank you so much, Susan!

http://www.nnhs65.com/07-10-10-NNHS-Doris-Huffer-Hutton.html

There have been several larger than life bee like creatures about our place. I have a healthy respect for life, but if I can kill them I will and I seldom kill bugs. They have varied in color, but the most ominous one is brownish orange with dark stripes, has a darker head and approx. 1 and 1/2 to 2 inches long, loud and likes to bore into fallen leaves, it also has a thick body, which leads me to think it is not in the wasp family. Shooing them away does not seem to help, in fact one in particular seems to like the challenge.

I have searched several sites and it seems the most logical answer is either a Cicada Killer or a Carpenter Bee, however the colors don't coincide. Any ideas as to what this is and how does one go about getting rid of these scary as heck insects?

Thanx!

   YOWZERONI! I have no idea, Shari, but if I recall correctly, you are extremely sensitive to bee stings, so please be careful!

   "Anyone? Anyone?"

    From Jerry ('65) and    Judy Phillips ('66) Allen of VA - 07/12/10 - "Iwo Jima today":

http://www.soloshideawayfunpages.com/_tqxs/004/iwo_jima.htm

   WOWZERONI! Thank you, Sweetie-Pies!

From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 07/13/10 - "A must read for anyone over 40 & especially over 50 --- very important info":

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    From Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 07/10/10 - "Special Poem For Older Folks (#4 in a Series of 6)":

"Stop Worrying about the Storm; Learn to Dance in the Rain"

I often wondered about this myself!

Most of you can pass this on to some old cognitive codger that you know.
 

	Special Poem For Older Folks A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won't stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won't shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I'm happy when I'm not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze.. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won't fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I'd really like to know.. Is what tells each one where to go!	LAUGH A LITTLE EVERY DAY....  There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here right now thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.     WILDER GIGGLES!        Thanks, Glenn!

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ABBREVIATED ALERT:   From Jane Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 AND 02/07/10 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD" AND 61-62 DECADERS ADDENDA: http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/61-63-DECADERS-ADDENDA.doc    Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.    Thanks, Jane! FINALLY: From ArcaMax Jokes - 07/13/10: Mutual Attraction In the middle of an argument a man said to his wife, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time!" The wife responded calmly, "Allow me to explain...the good Lord made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; and he made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!"

Carol Buckley Harty
618-530-9092    

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Written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, 25 Apr 1792
(10 May 1760 - 26  June 1836)
 

1. Allons enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé
Contre nous de la tyrannie
|: L'étendard sanglant est levé :|
Entendez vous dans nos campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras,
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!

Aux armes citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons!
Marchons, marchons,
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons.

2. Que veut cette horde d'esclaves
De traîtres, de Rois conjurés?
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves,
|: Ces fers dès longtemps préparés? :|
Français! pour nous, ah! quel outrage!
Quels transports il doit exciter!
C'est nous qu'on ose méditer
De rendre à I 'antique esclavage!

3. Quoi! des cohortes étrangères
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers!
Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires
|: Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers :|
Grand Dieu! par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient!
De vils despotes deviendraient
Les maîtres de nos destinées!