Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach - September 5

Friday, September 5, 2025

Today is Be Late For Something Day, Day of Charity, Cheese Pizza Day, and World Samosa Day.

• Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Folk Music of Hispanic New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Peter and the Wolf

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach

ON THIS DATE

• 1698 - Russian Csar Peter the Great levies a tax on beards.
• 1774 - The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
• 1882 - The first U.S. Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• 1906 - The first legal forward pass in football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University.
• 1908 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, is signed in New Hampshire.
• 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group "Black September" attack and hold 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the summer games in Munich. Leading to the deaths of the athletes and coaches, 5 terrorists, and 1 police officer. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1847 - Outlaw Jesse James
• 1867 - NH Composer Amy Beach
• 1912 - Musician John Cage
• 1929 - Actor and comedian Bob Newhart
• 1946 - Singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony - LISTEN
• John Cage - Water Walk - LISTEN
• Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk  - LISTEN
• Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - LISTEN
  

THEME: TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH

• Grade 4-12 - Library of Congress - Scenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H. (14:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian - Treaty of Portsmouth and the Russo-Japanese War - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize (3:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Portsmouth Peace Treaty Site - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - BYU World War I Archive - Copy of the Treaty of Portsmouth - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Theodore Roosevelt Center -  Treaty of Portsmouth - READ
• Grades 9-12 - Columbia University - Asia for Educators - The Treaty of Portsmouth Activity - READ and DO

THEME:  AMY BEACH

• Grades 3-6 - Classics for Kids - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 5-8 - Nashville Symphony - Composers of Hope Lesson Plans - Amy Beach Lesson 3 - DO
• Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - Amy Beach - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Classic fm - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - Amy Beach Website - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - Great Performances - 5 of Our Favorite Female Composers - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic (53:53) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic: Hermit Thrush at Dawn and Beach Romance (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Boston's Gaelic Music Jam Session (3:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - UNH - Amy Beach - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here: Amy Beach (58:39) -VIEW

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