Thursday Thirteen #27 ~ July

Thirteen Things About July July was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Previously, it was called Quintilis. In the Irish Calendar the month is called Iúil and is the third and last month of the Summer season. July's flower is the water lily or larkspur. We have water lilies in our pond. July's birthstone is the ruby. July is National Ice Cream Month (United States) . July is usually the hotest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Independence Day is observed in the United States on July 4. On that day in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. President James Garfield shot, July 2, 1881. First mission in California established at San Diego by Father Junipero Serra, July 16, 1769. District of Columbia established, July 16, 1790. Scientists set off the first atomic bomb, Alamogordo, N. Mex., July 16, 1945 U.S. astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969. First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas, in the Civil War, July 21, 1861.