Morning Update 09/09/2011

What’s Happening Today
• There's a free at 6:30 a.m. at Cornerstone Church of Skippack.
• It's the first day of school for St. Eleanor’s first- and second-grade students.
• The strike continues for archdiocesan high school teachers.

Mark Your Calendars
• There's a block party on Longwood Road in Perkiomen Township Saturday afternoon.
• The annual Revolutionary Camp and Living History event will take place from Sept. 10 to 11 in Skippack Village.
• has been postponed until Sept. 24
• If you ride your bike to this Saturday’s , you will get free market bucks redeemable for products and a chance to win a new touring bicycle. Customers who don’t ride their bikes can also participate in the raffle for the new bike at $1 a ticket.
• will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Coble Park Sept. 10.
• St. Mary Day will kick off at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, with a Mass and will continue throughout the afternoon with games and music.

Today in History
From History.com
• Congress renames the nation the United States of America (1776)
• President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966)
• Riot at Attica Prison (1971)
• Mao Zedong dies (1976)

Born Today
• Napoleon Bonaparte (1822)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828)
• Otis Redding (1941)
• Jonathan A. Drummond Jr. (1968)

Morning Song
“Morning Song” (Le Loup)

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