This week's Pasty Cameo: Étienne Brûlé     Previous Day in History: June 23, 2008
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Some items courtesy of the National Archives, MTU Archives, Michigan History Magazine
U.P. Digitization Ctr, Library of Congress and Wikimedia
WORD OF THE DAY: diaphanous - die-AFF-en-NUSS - filmy, sheer, delicately transparent
Example: "Her wedding gown was of the softest white - so diaphanous it startled the
older guests, but pleased the younger ones immensely."