Quarterman Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.com>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   September 13

   1847: B. Chapultepec, [2]Scott defeats Santa Anna in the decisive
   battle of the U.S.-Mexican War, commemorated in the [3]Marines' Hymn:
   [4]``From the Halls of Montezuma...''. "Dia de Los Niņos Heroes de
   Chapultepec" ("day of the boy heroes of Chapultepec). One possible
   origin of the Spanish word [5]gringo.

References

   1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
   2. http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html
   3. http://www.usmc.mil/
   4. http://ingeb.org/songs/fromtheh.html
   5. http://www.quarterman.org/sinclair/gringo.html
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