July 24 — SIMON BOLÍVAR
Great liberator of northern Latin America from colonial rule.

JULY 24, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
* Mormon PIONEER DAY.
* France: FESTIVALS OF ST. ELOI. Gunfire and horse races; among the Basques, mules and old automobiles are blessed.
* FEAST OF THE TRICKSTER OF LIBERTY.
* RAIN ON ALL PARADES DAY.

ALSO ON JULY 24 IN HISTORY…
1783 — Latin liberator Simón Bolívar born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 — Brigham Young leads Mormons to Great Salt Lake.
1893 — Ammon Hennacy, radical workers organizer, pacifist, born, Negley, Ohio.
1897 — Aviator Amelia Earhart born, Atchison, Kansas.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective