THE SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 Today is May Day! Quote of the Day “I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.” ~ Rita Coolidge On This Date 1707 – Great Britain was created by the union of the English and Scottish Happy Birthday! parliaments. The two countries had Rita Coolidge, born in 1945, is an shared a monarch since 1603. accomplished singer/songwriter from 1851 – The Great Exhibition opened Lafayette, Tennessee. The two-time in the Crystal Palace in London. Grammy Award winner has lit up More than 10,000 exhibitors set the pop, country, contemporary, up eight miles of tables to display and jazz charts with her greatest technological wonders from around hits, which include the world. Conceived by Prince “We’re All Alone,” Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, “(Your Love Keeps the exposition hosted six million Lifting Me) Higher visitors before it closed in October. and Higher,” and 1931 – President Herbert Hoover “All Time High.” ofcially opened the Empire State Coolidge, who has Building in New York City. Cherokee ancestry, performed with her sister and niece in Walela, a Native American music trio, until 2000. She was an early host on the Did You Know? VH1 music channel. Her daughter, The name “M&M’s” stands for the Casey Kristoferson (from a initials of the candy’s inventors, marriage to Kris Kristoferson), is Mars and Murrie. also a musician. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) ATURDAY AY S , M 1, 2021 Today is Beltane, the Celtic festival of fire and new life. This date marks both the peak of spring and the beginning of summer when the earth is bursting with new life. Bonfires are lit to honor the sun and the life it returns to the land. Root of the Matter Golden Memories Under your belt On this day 50 years ago, Amtrak If you get something under your belt, began rail service in the United then you have accomplished a task States. In 1970, Congress passed the or achievement. This Passenger Rail Service Act in an phrase originated in effort to prop up failing railways and the late 1700s and maintain affordable rail service. meant that one had The product of that effort was consumed a lot of Amtrak, a private railway company alcohol. The saying evolved to refer to that received government funding. food that one had eaten. If a meal was On that very first day of service, under your belt, then it was safely in Amtrak ran 184 trains on a your stomach, and could not be taken 23,000-mile network that served away. The meaning then evolved from 314 communities. While this was food to experience, meaning that you just a fraction of the network of had done something, learned a lesson, 440 trains that ran the previous day, or achieved a noteworthy milestone. train service had been given new life. Who Said So? Word Scramble This positive-thinking American O C A N E B minister said, “The cyclone derives its power from a calm center. A light used as guidance So do people.” or as a warning BEACON ANSWER: Norman Vincent Peale ANSWER: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! .