[Article] Wikipedia @ 25: Wesley Merritt

To celebrate the site’s 25th birthday this year, Wikipedia is encouraging/challenging people to read one Wikipedia article a day for 25 consecutive days. I felt that I could do one better than that: not only reading an article but – where I found one that was particularly interesting – to write a blog post or record a podcast episode for each of those days, sharing what I learned. For each entry, I’ll hit “random article” a few times until something catches my interest, start reading, and then start writing! Everything I’ve written below came from Wikipedia… so you should check other sources before you use it to do your homework. Happy birthday, Wikipedia! Today’s random article: Governor-General of the Philippines Today’s topic: Wesley Merritt The Philippines spent a lot of modern history under colonial rule: First, from 1565, by the Spanish out of their Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico). Then by the British for a few years who captured it after Spain sided with France in the Seven…