History and Word
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History of the Day
July 3rd! In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
Word of the Day
Today's word is "suffuse". It means "to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light". To flush or fill.
It's from the Latin word suffusus, past participle of suffundere, literally, to pour beneath.
July 3rd! In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
Word of the Day
Today's word is "suffuse". It means "to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light". To flush or fill.
It's from the Latin word suffusus, past participle of suffundere, literally, to pour beneath.