Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Gus Cannon
Born: September 12, 1883
Died: October 15, 1979 (aged 96)
Bio: Gus Cannon was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands in the 1920s and 1930s. There is doubt about his birth year; his tombstone gives the date as 1874.