Turn Back the Hands of Time this Weekend!

Daylight Saving Time comes to an end this Sunday, November 5, at 2 A.M. Yes, you will gain the hour of sleep you on Sunday, March 12! 

Connecticut Red Cross encourages everyone to test smoke alarms as they turn their clocks back. Here in Connecticut, the Red Cross reports that over the past year, their volunteers responded to help over 3,100 people in Connecticut affected by around 800 home fires.

On a "lighter" note, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, "Benjamin Franklin’s “An Economical Project,” written in 1784, is the earliest known proposal to “save” daylight. It was whimsical in tone, advocating laws to compel citizens to rise at the crack of dawn to save the expense of candlelight:

Every morning, as soon as the Sun rises, let all the bells in every church be set ringing: and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in every street to wake the sluggards effectually…. Oblige a man to rise at four in the morning, and it is probable that he will go willingly to bed at eight in the evening.

NPR published an interesting story about Daylight saving time: 4 things you should know. Read it here.

 

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Submitted by Ridgefield, CT

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