Posted on July 23, 2022
This is an update of my post published on July 23, 2011:
Apparently the idea of a school that teaches swimming was quite marvelous back in 1827…
I’m guessing, because the president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, went to Boston and checked it the young country’s first swim school.
Another famous adult who visited the first known swimming school in the United States was naturalist and painter-of-birds John Audubon.
Several websites claim that Adams and Audubon, ages 60 and 42 at the time of the school’s opening, were not merely visitors to the school, but were actually pupils there! Maybe, but… I’d like to see some evidence of the claim.
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| There are certainly many adults who take swim lessons nowadays. Many people do not have the opportunity to learn to swim when they are kids – many don’t even have safe places to play in water! – and it’s never too late to start learning something new…right? |
Celebrate!
Sign up for swim classes or swim team. Or just go swimming!
Remember, safety first! Here is a water safety website.
Also on this date:
Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie’s birthday
Revolution Day in Egypt
Gorgeous Grandmas Day
Anniversary of the signing of a boundary treaty
Birthday of Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Children’s Day in Indonesia
Anniversary of the launch of the first Earth-resources satellite
Anniversary of the discovery of a comet
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Anniversary of the discovery of an Earthlike exoplanet
Renaissance Day in Oman
Birthday of astronomer Vera Rubin
Anniversary of a cloning success
National Day of the Cowboy
(Fourth Saturday in July)
Aunts and Uncles Day
(Fourth Sunday of July)
Plan ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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July holidays
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July birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in July
And here are my Pinterest boards for:
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August holidays
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August birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in August