Delegates to the Constitutional Convention began assembling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 14, 1787, the designated starting day. Because a large number of delegates had not arrived the opening of the Convention was moved to May 25.
On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis, Missouri to explore the Northwest United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
One hundred fifty years ago today, on May 14, 2014, the VMI Corps of Cadets marched 15 miles and camped overnight at Mt. Tabor, near New Market, Virginia. The next day they would march into history.
On the same day, the Battle of Resaca was fully engaged in Northwest Georgia.
On Saturday, May 14, the fighting at Resaca escalated into a full-scale battle. Beginning at dawn, Union forces engaged the Confederates along the entire four-mile front. In the early afternoon Schofield’s Army of the Ohio attacked the sharply angled center of the Confederate line. The assault was badly managed and disorganized, in part because one of Schofield’s division commanders was drunk. As the Union attack unraveled and became a fiasco, Johnston launched a counterattack on Sherman’s left flank. The counterattack collapsed, however, in the face of a determined stand by a Union artillery battery. In the evening Union forces pushed forward and seized the high ground west of Resaca, which placed the bridges leading south from the town within artillery range and threatened Johnston’s line of retreat.The following day Sherman renewed his assault on the Confederate center.
This weekend, from May 16-19, 2014, a live reenactment of the Battle of Resaca will be held at Resaca.
Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Atlanta History Center’s original production “37 Weeks that Changed Georgia” chronicles the Battle of Resaca in this week’s episode.
Tune in tonight and tomorrow for ToddTV
Tonight at 7 PM, I’ll be on Georgia Public Broadcasting for the 2/3 Debate between the Republican challengers for Governor. Tomorrow night, I’ll be there again for a live political roundtable. I’d try to live-tweet it, but the staff won’t let me have my iPhone on the set. Oh, well.
Weekend GPB/Atlanta Press Club Debates now online
GaPundit Polling Index
The GaPundit Polling Index is a weighted average of the last five publicly-released polls. Also, note that a new SurveyUSA poll was dropped today.
If you have trouble viewing that table, here’s the GaPundit Polling Index in a more old-eye friendly format
David Perdue…………25.1%
Jack Kingston……….16.8%
Karen Handel………..16.7%
Paul Broun……………11.0%
Puli Gingrey…………..9.4%
Undecided…………….18.6%
Without early and advance voting turnout very low, it’s anyone’s game to pick up one of two tickets to the second round.
Meagan Meyers Hanson seeks reelection to GFYR Chair
Meagan Myers Hanson announced that she will seek a third and final term as the Chairman of the Georgia Young Republicans. Elections will be held at the Georgia Young Republicans State Convention on June 14, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia.
In the past two years under Chairman Hanson’s leadership, the Georgia Young Republicans have seen growth in overall membership and new clubs across the state. In 2012, the YRs took an active role in campaigning in local, state, and federal campaigns across Georgia in addition to Jacksonville, Florida for Romney/Ryan. Hanson also instituted the inaugural ‘GYR at the Gold Dome’ event in 2013 where YRs mingled with elected officials from across the state. The 2014 GYR at the Gold Dome event was even more well-attended by over 100 YRs and elected officials including special guest speaker Governor Nathan Deal. The GYRs also hosted ‘GYR Base Camp’ a successful grassroots training on GOP minority messaging, voter registration, and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts.
Chairman Hanson plans to continue encouraging YRs across Georgia to be active in their county parties, developing a positive relationship with the GAGOP, and increasing the visibility of the Georgia Young Republicans.
Hanson is a member of the Atlanta Young Republicans, and she serves as Chairman of the State Chairmen’s Association of the Young Republicans National Federation. She regularly travels across Georgia and the Southeast to speak at YR meetings, county party meetings, and to other conservative organizations.
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