Catholic Fire

At a campaign event in Beaverton, OR, Obama claimed to have visited 57 U.S. states during the campaign. Stop the ACLU and The Anchoress have some interesting comments to make on their blogs about this. Not only is geography a tough subject for Obama to tackle, but he also struggles with history, as Jack Kelly points out here.

Daily Lenten Devotions: Tuesday, the Second Week of Lent Today's Saint : St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows For More Information about St. Gabriel and Today's Liturgy, go here . This Day in History 1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency . 1939 - American Civil Rights Movement : Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States . 1971 - Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem ) start to perform abortus provocatus . 1973 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota . 1991 - Gulf War : U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that " Kuwait is liberated." Births 272 - Constantine I , Roman emperor (d . 337 ) 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , American poet (d. 1882 ) 1886 - Hugo Black , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d . 1971 ) 1891 - Anne Samson ...