July 29, 2004

Small and cool fact about my home state

There is only one newspaper in the United States that comes out on Sunday afternoon, (as opposed to Sunday morning) and that is the local paper for Westerly, in Rhode Island, The Westerly Sun.

Because The Westerly Sun comes out at 3 pm it was the only newspaper in the entire country to report the bombing of Pearl Harbor, on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 - on the day it actually happened.

It is a teeny little local newspaper ... and it was the FIRST and ONLY on that day of days.

Posted by sheila
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Cool. I actually lived in Westerly - briefly, years ago - and did not know that cool fact. I will use it to impress girls.

Posted by: lyle at July 29, 2004 4:26 PM

Ah, Westuhly.

My Westerly experience.

Daughter: Hey Da!
Dad: Whu?
Daughter: We got anymoore meatbolls?
Dad: Iunknow...just use the ones in the freezer.
Daughter: I ain't doin' at. Ma'll kill me.

Posted by: Patrick at July 29, 2004 5:06 PM