Around the Banks

Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist I'm writing this column on Friday, Oct. 11. By the time it is published, Columbus Day will have been celebrated on Monday, Oct. 14. When I was in elementary school, we learned a little rhyme to help us remember the year Christopher Columbus landed in the New World: "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." We knew which oceans he sailed and where he landed because we took Geography. We could spell it using a little acronym that always brought laughter: G - George E - Eats O - Old G - Greasy R - Rice A - At P - Paul's H - House Y - Yesterday We recited the preamble to the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. We memorized