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Show ' Ah, Sweet-May- Spring's last born darling, clear-eyed, sweet, Pauses a moment, with twinkling twink-ling feet, And, gold locks in breezy play, Half teasing and half tender to repeat, Her song of "May." -Susan Coolidge. May, which probably derives de-rives its name from Maria, the mother of Mercury, is the last full spring month. It's a particularly parti-cularly pleasant month in the United States and most countries. coun-tries. To us in the U.S., May means Kentucky Derby Month (May 1), Memorial Day in most of the states, the end of school, May Day, Mother's Day (May 9) and Armed Forces Day (May 15). In addition to these days, there are several interesting anniversaries in May. One concerns May 7. It was on May 7, 1915, off the Old Head of Kindsdale, on the coast of Ireland, Ire-land, that the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat, causing the loss of 1,150 lives. This was one of the tragedies which finally brought the United Un-ited States into World War I against Germany. Harry S. Truman, 33rd president, pres-ident, was born on May 8, 1884. On May 10, the first trans-continental railroad met at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869. The first permanent English En-glish settlement began at Jamestown, Virginia, May 13, 1607, when 105 colonists settled set-tled in that small port city. And, on May 20, 1927, Charles Augustus Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field, New York, and made the first solo non-stop flight to Paris-an Paris-an heroic achievement which thrilled the world. |