October 14th, 1806 -- the date of the twin battle between Napoleon's army and the Prussian- Saxons above the city of Jena -- at Jena and Auerstedt. Napoleon won, commemorated by a monument on the hills above the city. 
I was privileged to see a re-enactment on the 200th anniversary of this occasion, along with my American friends Jeff and Deanna, and their British friends from their kids' kindergarten, Julia and Alistair, and kids.
We relived the history; fog was thick on that date in 1806, and I realized that gun powder from muskets and canons can really toss up a lot of "fog," so to speak, during a war.
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