Faith: I am attempting to obtain additional information about Benjamin Hallman, married to Anna (Franconia) Gotwals. Specifically, I am looking for information about his apparent military service during the War for Independence. The information I have briefly states, "He was a member of Captain Barnet Haines Company of Militia in 1777, and served as an ensign in 1781..." That's all I have. If anyone has additional information I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you!! Wij -----Original Message----- From: Faith Hutchings <faith@verdenet.com> To: HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com <HALLMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 11:37 PM Subject: Brightest Full Moon >Copied from another List. >Faith > >FIRST FULL MOON TO OCCUR ON WINTER SOLSTICE >> > >This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, >> > >Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on >> > >the >> > >winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in >> > >the >> > >moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) >> > >The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point >> > >in >> > >it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth >> > >is >> > >also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year >> > >than >> > >in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making >it >> > >brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the >> > >year >> > >since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. >> > >If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is >> > >believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December >> > >21st. >> > >1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences >> > >and >> > >staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming >> > >Territory. >> > >In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than >> > >the >>> >usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 >> > >years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see >> > >this >> > >again. >> > >Remember this will happen December 22, 1999. > > > >