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1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins in Pennsylvania, Union forces halt Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

For anyone who has never been, you should go. It was such a pivotal battle and standing there realizing how many men (and one woman) died there for what they believed in is moving.

My three-great uncle (great-great-grandfather's brother) died there on July 3, 1863 defending Culps Hill as part of the 73 Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is buried in the Ohio section of the Cemetery that was dedicated by a short speech by Abraham Lincoln:

History will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here . . .

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

First Wal-Mart Store Opens in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)
Now the world's largest corporation, the Walmart chain of superstores was founded by Sam Walton, a former US Army Captain with an economics degree. Walton owned and ran a chain of five-and-dime stores in Arkansas before he opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962. In the 50 years since, the company, which sells brand-name goods in high volume at low prices, has flourished. It now has 8,500 stores operating in over a dozen countries. What was the last US state to get a Walmart?

me too - well maybe not that hard, Target isn't that expensive
hell, I don't buy much crap.  Haven't been to a Target in years