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McAninch Family History NewsletterVolume XXI, Number 1, January 31, 2013.
A clearing house for McAninch and related surnames [McAninch, McIninch, McNinch (-sh)]. Published Quarterly since 1993. Articles solicited, and Queries accepted.
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Table Of Contents |
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Miscellaneous info, Queries, and recent Nuggets (by States, alphabetical order) |
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(Alaska, Arkansas, Minnesota, Texas, Wyoming) |
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Everett C. McAninch (Oklahoma), Awarded a Silver Star in World War I |
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Beware The Ides of March |
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The Roman calendar was originally based on the first three phases of the moon – the new moon, |
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first quarter moon, and full moon. Each new month began with the new moon, Kalends (ancestor of |
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our word calendar); the first quarter moon was Nones, and the Ides fell on the day of the full moon. |
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When the Romans fixed the lengths of the 12 months, they also fixed the date of the Ides. In March, |
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May, July and October, which were (most of the) months with 31 days, the Ides was on the 15th. |
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In other months, it was on the 13th. [http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/calendars/a/romcalterm.htm] |
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On the Ides, March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was murdered in Rome by a group of senators, led by |
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Marcus Brutus. Even right after the assassination, Cicero could allude to the event just by referring |
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to it as the “Ides of March” event. [http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/caesar1/g/idesofmarch.htm] |
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Over 1600 years later, William Shakespeare immortalized the event in his play “Julius Caesar” -- |
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Caesar: . . .I hear a tongue shriller than all the music cry ‘Caesar!’ Speak, Caesar is turn'd to hear. |
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Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. / Caesar: What man is that? |
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Brutus: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. [Julius Caesar, Act 1, scene 2, 15-19] |
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This McAninch Family History Newsletter is Published by Frank and Jan (Mauk) McAninch |
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17531 Montbury Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92649-4823 Telephone: 714-846-5134 |
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Email: frank[at]McAninch.net, FrankMcAninch[at]alumni.uci.edu, mcaninch92649[at]verizon.net |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXI n.1 / January 2013 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2013-01 |
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Permission granted to copy freely for any non-commercial purpose except copyrights owned by others |