Income Tax Anniversary

[Jennifer]

The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute

Okay, I quoted Wikipedia and that’s bad, I know.  However, I heard it on the radio first, so I am going to assume it’s accurate.  Today is the 152nd anniversary of the American Income Tax law.

I don’t want to get into politics and I WILL LOCK THE THREAD IF IT GOES THERE, I just thought it was interesting that today is the day.

[Witt]

You are right Jen.
I have had less time to post anniversaries lately, but if I had today I would have posted about the battle of Mobile(1864).

[Jennifer]

If someone had to telegraph the president about that battle, would that have been a mobile phone call?  (I couldn’t help it!  The pun escaped on it’s own, I didn’t do it, you didn’t see me do it, you cannot prove a thing!)

[Witt]

You are Funny girl.
It was a great Northern victory, but it was not realised at the time.
Atlanta is all that mattered, so the action at Mobile was overlooked at the time