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National Themes For April 25th: National Telephone Day, National Zucchini Bread Day, National DNA Day, National Hug a Plumber Day, and National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

☎️National Telephone Day! The correct answer to a trivia question “Who invented the telephone?” the whole world would answer Alexander Graham Bell. But had his attorney been delayed by foul weather or poor planning, the answer may have been a different name. It was February 14, 1876, when Marcellus Bailey, one of Bell’s attorneys rushed into the US Patent office in Boston to file the patent for what would be the telephone. Later the same day, Elisha Gray filed a patent caveat for a similar device. A caveat is an intent to file for a patent. There is also a third contender. Antonio Meucci filed a caveat in November of 1871 for a talking telegraph but failed to renew the caveat due to hardships. Because Bell’s patent was submitted first, it was awarded to him on March 7, 1876. Gray contested this decision in court, but without success. Born March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Bell was an instructor at a boys’ boarding school. The sounds of speech were an integral part of his life. His father developed a “Visible Speech” system for deaf students to communicate. Bell would later become friend and benefactor of Helen Keller. Three days after the patent was approved, Bell spoke the first words by telephone to his assistant. “Mr.Watson, come here! I want to see you!” By May, Bell and his team were ready for a public demonstration. On May 10, 1876 at the World’s Fair in Philadelphia, in a crowded Machinery Hall a man’s voice was transmitted from a small horn and carried out through a speaker to the audience. One year later, the White House installed its first phone. The telephone revolution began. Bell Telephone Company was founded on July 9, 1877, and the first public telephone lines were installed from Boston to Sommerville, Massachusetts the same year. By the end of the decade, there were nearly 50,000 phones in the United States. In May of 1967, the 1 millionth telephone was installed.

🍞National Zucchini Bread Day! Many explorers who came to the Americas brought back what they considered strange foods, including the zucchini. The zucchini eventually found its way to Italy where it was named zucchino. Native American referred to zucchini as “something eaten raw.” However, we all know that zucchini tastes best cooked, especially in bread.

🔬National DNA Day! The science journal, Nature, published a short letter written by James Watson and Francis Crick on April 25 announcing their discovery of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Fast forward to 2003 and The Human Genome Project whose goal was to map the nucleotides contained in human DNA was declared complete on the same day. National DNA Day was first celebrated in the United States on April 25, 2003, by proclamation of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as a one-time celebration. Each year after 2003, National DNA Day celebrations have been organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute. Since this time, several groups have also declared April 25 as “International DNA Day” and “World DNA Day. (http://www.genome.gov/)

🚰National Hug A Plumber Day! Whether it is a minor leak to a major clog, a plumber will have the right tool for the job. They have been keeping the water flowing since ancient Rome. Consider how plumbers improve our lives and health in the modern world. Their contributions could be inventions the human race would have a difficult time living without. Given a choice between using only a flush toilet or a smartphone for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

👫National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day! This annual event is an educational program in the United States and Canada where parents take their children to work with them for one day. It is the successor to Take Our Daughters to Work Day which, in 2003, was expanded to include boys. Most companies allowed both girls and boys to participate since the beginning, renaming the day “Take Our Children to Work Day.” National Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day was founded by Gloria Steinem and the MS Foundation for Women in 1993. National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is an unofficial national holiday.

The telephone has come a long way since the horn and speaker days. I saw a video here awhile back of parents that set a rotary phone, telephone book and a phone number down in front of their 17 year old son and his friend and asked them to make the call. They had no idea how to place the call. That's how far the telephone has came in the last thirty years, what's it going to be in another thirty years, that same 17 year old handing his son a cellphone. I love a thick slice of zucchini bread smeared with butter, oh, forget it just give me a whole loaf. YUMMY! Our DNA another discovery that has come a long way, from blood type, transfusions to being able to tell someone's nationality. Now to the question of 'given a choice between using only a flush toilet or a smartphone for the rest of your life, which would you choose?' Are you sure the smartphone doesn't have an app for that?😂🤗 State day tomorrow.

Warm hugs!🐶🐶💕🌧