Marching into the 3rd month on a glorious, sunny 70° day!
“March” is named for the Roman god of war, Mars. This was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter.
In the early Roman calendar, March (or Martius) was the first month of the calendar year. As March brought the first day of spring with the vernal equinox, it was the start of new beginnings.
March became the third month when January and February, which were added to the end of the Roman calendar around 700 BCE, instead became the first and second months around 450 BCE.
I Martius am! Once first, and now third!
To lead the Year was my appointed place;
A mortal dispossessed me by a word,
And set there Janus with the double face.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th state admitted into the United States. The Buckeye State...the Mother of Presidents...the Heart of It All...the Birthplace of Aviation. You can find this mural along with some other cool murals at the Montgomery County Courts Building.
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