MONTHLY SIGNS & SYMBOLS

FULL MOON:

“THUNDER MOON”

FLOWER:

LARKSPUR & WATER LILY

TREE:

ELM, FIR, CYPRESS, APPLE

COLOR:

GREEN

BIRTHSTONE:

RUBY & ONYX

ANIMAL TOTEMS:

WOODPECKER, SALMON & WREN, HORSE

ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC SIGNS:

CANCER: (JUNE 21 – JULY 22)
LEO: (JULY 23 – AUGUST 22)

PLANETS:

Moon (Cancer)
Sun (Leo)

NATURE HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

JULY 1-7: National Clean Beaches Week
JULY (1st Sunday): Build a Scarecrow Day
JULY 10: Pick Blueberries Day
JULY 27: Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day

THIS DAY in HISTORY

JULY 1, 1919: “IF WE MUST DIE”, A POEM FROM PROMINENT “HARLEM RENAISSANCE” AUTHOR CLAUDE MCKAY, IS FIRST PUBLISHED IN “THE LIBERATOR”.
JULY 2, 1890: “SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT” IS SIGNED INTO LAW.
JULY 2, 1937: AMELIA EARHART’S PLANE DISAPPEARS OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
JULY 5, 1935: “THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT” IS ENACTED BY THE 74th U.S. CONGRESS.
JULY 9, 1896: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN BECOMES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
JULY 12, 1962: “THE ROLLING STONES” PLAY THEIR 1ST SHOW AT THE “MARQUEE CLUB” IN LONDON.
JULY 14, 1877: “THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877” BEGINS IT’S 45 DAY STRIKE.
JULY 14, 1789: “THE FRENCH REVOLUTION” BEGINS ON THIS DAY.
JULY 16, 1945: THE 1ST ATOMIC BOMB IS DETONATED IN NEW MEXICO.
JULY 19, 1968: “THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS” SUMMER GAMES ARE HELD AT “SOLDIER FIELD” IN CHICAGO.
JULY 19–20, 1848: “THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION” ON WOMENS RIGHTS IS HELD ON THIS DAY.
JULY 20, 1969: NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON TO WALK ON THE MOON.
JULY 26, 1775: “U.S. POSTAL SERVICE” IS ESTABLISHED. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BECOMES POST-MASTER GENERAL.
JULY 28, 1914 – NOVEMBER 11, 1918: “WORLD WAR I” BEGINS WITH THE AUSTRIA-HUNGARY INVASION OF SERBIA.
JULY 28, 1932: 43,000 MARCHERS KNOWN AS “THE BONUS ARMY” ASSEMBLE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING.
JULY 30, 1965: “MEDICARE” UNDER TITLE XVIII OF “THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT” IS ENACTED ON THIS DAY.
JULY 30, 1975: TEAMSTER PRESIDENT, JIMMY HOFFA, DISAPPEARS FROM A PARKING LOT IN BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, DETROIT.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

*CARL LEWIS (BORN JULY 1, 1961)
—-OLYMPIC TRACK CHAMPION
*MEDGAR EVERS (JULY 2, 1925 – JUNE 12, 1963)
—-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MISSISSIPPI N.A.A.C.P. FIELD SECRETARY
*FRANZ KAFKA ( JULY 3,1883 – 3 JUNE 3,1924 )
—-AUTHOR (”THE TRIAL”, “THE METAMORPHOSIS”)
*PETER ROWAN (born JULY 4, 1942)
—-BLUEGRASS SINGER / SONGWRITER
*FRIDA KAHLOA (JULY 6, 1907 – JULY 13, 1954)
—-PAINTER / ARTIST
*TENZIN GYATSO (BORN JULY 6, 1935)
—-THE 14th DALAI LAMA
*THELONIOUS MONK (JULY 10, 1917 – FEBRUARY 17, 1982)
—-JAZZ PIANIST, COMPOSER
*MAVIS STAPLES (BORN JULY 10, 1939)
—-R&B / GOSPEL / SOUL SINGER, SONGWRITER
*E.B. WHITE (JULY 11, 1899 – OCTOBER 1, 1985)
—-AUTHOR, CHILDREN‘S BOOKS (”CHARLOTTE’S WEB”, “STUART LITTLE”)
*GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (JULY 12, 1864 – JANUARY 5, 1943)
—-BOTANIST, INVENTOR, AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST, ENVIRONMENTALIST
*HENRY DAVID THOREAU (JULY 12, 1817 – MAY 6, 1862)
—-AUTHOR, POET, PHILOSOPHER
*STEVE YOUNG (JULY 12, 1942 – MARCH 17, 2016)
—-COUNTRY SINGER / SONGWRITER
*ROGER MCGUINN (BORN JULY 13, 1944)
—-SINGER , SONGWRITER (“THE BYRDS”)
*WOODY GUTHRIE (JULY 14, 1912 – OCTOBER 3, 1967)
—-FOLK SINGER / SONGWRITER, ACTIVIST
*INGMAR BERGMAN (JULY 14, 1918 – JULY 30, 2007)
—-DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, SCREENWRITER
*IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT (JULY 16, 1862 – MARCH 25, 1931)
—-JOURNALIST, CIVIL & WOMENS RIGHTS ACTIVIST
*RED SKELTON (JULY 18, 1913 – SEPTEMBER 17, 1997)
—-RADIO / TV COMEDIAN
*NELSON MANDELA (BORN JULY 18, 1918)
—-ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST, S. AFRICAN LEADER
*SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS (JULY 18, 1929 – FEBRUARY 12, 2000)
—-SINGER / SONGWRITER, PRODUCER
*GEORGE MCGOVERN (JULY 19, 1922 – OCTOBER 21, 2012)
—-SENATOR, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
*ERNEST HEMINGWAY (JULY 21, 1899 – JULY 2, 1961)
—-AUTHOR, JOURNALIST (“A FAREWELL TO ARMS”, “THE OLD MAN & THE SEA”)
*CAT STEVENS (BORN JULY 21, 1948)
—-FOLK / POP SINGER, SONGWRITER
*DANNY GLOVER (BORN JULY 22, 1947)
—-FILM ACTOR
*AMELIA EARHART (JULY 24, 1897 – DISAPPEARED JULY 2, 1937)
—-AVIATION PIONEER / PILOT, AUTHOR
*LYNDA CARTER (BORN JULY 24, 1951)
—-TV / FILM ACTRESS ( “WONDER WOMAN”)
*MICK JAGGER (BORN JULY 26, 1943)
—-ROCK SINGER / SONGWRITER ( “ROLLING STONES”)
*DOROTHY HAMILL (BORN JULY 26, 1956)
—-U.S. FIGURE SKATER, 1976 OLYMPIC CHAMPION
*TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH (BORN JULY 27, 1953)
—-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS LEADER, FILM PRODUCER
*C.T. VIVIAN (BORN JULY 28, 1924)
—-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MINISTER, AUTHOR
*SMEDLEY BUTLER (JULY 30, 1881 – JUNE 21, 1940)
—-U.S. MAJOR GENERAL, ACTIVIST, AUTHOR of “WAR IS A RACKET”
*J.K. ROWLING (BORN JULY 31, 1965)
—-AUTHOR (“HARRY POTTER”), PRODUCER

FACTS & TRIVIA for JULY

JULY, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS “QUINTILIS”, WAS RENAMED BY THE ROMAN SENATE, IN HONOR OF JULIUS CAESAR.
THE EXPRESSION “DOG DAYS OF SUMMER”, GOES BACK TO ANCIENT ROME, WHERE A BROWN DOG WAS SACRIFICED TO APPEASE THE STAR “SIRIUS”, BELIEVING IT’S ASCENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT OF JULY.

HOME & GARDEN

Add 3“ – 4” inches of MULCH cover to newly planted TREES & SHRUBS to feed & protect plant roots through the warmer months.
Wrap up fertilizing of TREES & SHRUBS so that new growth has a chance to harden off before WINTER.
PRUNE flowering shrubs, Rock Rose, Gardenia, Mock Orange, Candytuft.
In the VEGETABLE garden, SOW: Greens, Radish, Chives, Turnips, Carrots, Beets and Beans.
Keep a steady HARVEST & maintenance routine to ensure best CROP yield.
As seasonal VEGETABLE crops come to the ends of their HARVEST time & are spent, add them to the COMPOST BIN & SOW Clover, Austrian Winter Peas, Cowpeas or other such COVER CROP into the beds to mend, protect & replenish the soil of essential NUTRIENTS.
Time to plant your HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS!!
Harvest Edible HERBS for, TEAS, COOKING, fragrant BOUQUETS, STORAGE for later use and OTHER applications.
ORGANIC LAWN FERTILIZER & MULCH can applied this month.
To encourage deeper root growth in GRASS, thus more drought, disease & traffic resistant LAWNS, the general rule is “Water MORE, LESS often, rather than LESS, MORE often.” (swamp it every 3 days or as needed).