These Legendary Siblings Made Their Mark On The Old West. Welcome to April 10, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate helpful animals and siblings who are as thick as thieves. Today we celebrate sounders, broods, trips, and herds. In case you don’t have a dictionary handy, those are the group names of pigs, chickens, goats, and cows. Farm animals. These domesticated critters have helped to feed humans for thousands of years and are still integral to this day. Without them, we wouldn’t have milk, eggs, or most of the food staples we rely on everyday. At least on small farms, the livestock are as important as the crops. On National Farm Animals Day, celebrate your own gratitude for the farm to table critters that we couldn’t do without. Not all siblings are as notorious as Frank and Jesse James, but few have been more romanticized by history. The brothers were raised on a Missouri farm in the mid 1800s. Both veterans of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse took to a life of bank robbing. They claimed to be victims of prejudice for their service to the Confederates, and they had a knack for narrow escapes, until Jesse was killed by Robert Ford in 1882. The Ballad Of Jesse James portrayed Ford as a coward, and characterized James as a Robin Hood of sorts. Frank James turned himself in and was tried for murder and armed robbery in three separate states. Acquitted on all counts, Frank lived out his remaining life on the family farm in Missouri. On National Siblings Day, celebrate those family members who are with you through thick and thin. I’m Anna Devere, and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day.
