New York State Route 22 is a north–south state highway in eastern New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the state's eastern edge from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County. At 337 miles (542 km), it is the state's longest north–south route. The southernmost section of the road connected New York City to White Plains in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Route 22 in its modern form was established in 1930 as one of the principal routes from New York City to Canada. It is a two-lane road passing through small villages and hamlets, as well as the city of Plattsburgh in the north, lower Westchester County, and the heavily populated borough of The Bronx. The rural landscapes include picturesque reservoirs of the New York City watershed, dairy farms in the Taconic Mountains and the Berkshires, and the undeveloped, heavily forested Adirondack Park along the shores of Lake Champlain. An 86-mile (138 km) section from Fort Ann to Keeseville is part of the Lakes to Locks Passage, an All-American Road.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1704:

War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led Allied forces to a crucial victory in the Battle of Blenheim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim

1868:

A major earthquake near Arica, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Arica_earthquake

1918:

Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson

1977:

Members of the UK's far-right National Front party (NF) clashed with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lewisham

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

freewheeling: Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freewheeling

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

A writer is in the end not his books, but his myth. And that myth is in the keeping of others.   --V. S. Naipaul https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/V._S._Naipaul