25 November 08

I have found very few tie-related occasions in late November. But tomorrow, Nov. 26, marks two special events: it is the birthday of cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1922, and it is also the date when, in 1716, the first lion was exhibited in America. I have been unable to discover any details about that event except that it was "in Boston" and that it is the first recorded visit by an "exotic" animal. A second lion was brought in 1717, and the first camel four years after that. The first elephant was displayed in 1796. My tie for today comes from Zambia and it displays a lion at the top, a large bird (perhaps the African Fish-Eagle), a pair of elephants (invisible in this picture, and the bright African sun.