Today
we learned a little more about "A message to Garcia" and its author
Elbert Hubbard. The essay was written in 1899. It was reprinted as a pamphlet
and a book. The essay sold over 40 million copies and translated into 37
languages. It was also made into a movie twice, once in 1916 and 1936.
"Take a message to Garcia" became slang to act and is still used in
the military. Garcia was the leader of the revolutionaries who were fighting
for Cuban independence from Spain. Rowan was an army officer who was trained at
west point and graduated in the class of 1881. President William McKinley was
the 25th president for 1897-1901. He was assassinated six months into his
second term by an anarchist. The tallest mountain in North America was named
after him, until 2015 when President Obama renamed the mountain back to its
original name- Denali.
"What is Initiative? I'll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told." Elbert Hubbard
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