Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time, (YAWN!!) I’m sure that some of you wonder why we make this change to our clocks. Well, though it may not make sense nowadays, it sure did in the 18th to 19th centuries. Two people can be recognized for having a say in this. The man responsible for modern day Daylight Savings Time is George Vernon Hudson. Hudson proposed setting the clocks forward. Some people incorrectly state that William Willet started Daylight Savings Time. He went through town one day, and was dismayed to see that many Londoners slept through the summer days. He personally disliked cutting short his golfing at dusk, so he also suggested Daylight Savings time. Benjamin Franklin was also a man who had suggested to the French that they get up earlier at dusk to reduce candle usage. After all-
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise!” Benjamin Franklin
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