{"id":28774,"date":"2026-05-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=28774"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:38:24","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2026\/05\/01\/28774-today-in-middle-earth-may-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" class=\"intro\"><a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Set featured image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=28774&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 alignright no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/The-Crowning-of-Elessar.jpg\" alt=\"The Crowning of Elessar\" width=\"190\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on May 1<sup>st<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Gandalf and Bilbo reach Rivendell (1342)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Sarn Ford where Gandalf and Aragorn met (1418)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Crowning of King Elessar (1419)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Elrond and Arwen set out from Rivendell (1419)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Samwise marries Rose (1420)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>[Join us on the Discussion Boards <a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=1022050;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--more--><strong>May 1, 2942 (S.R. 1342)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Gandalf and Bilbo reach Rivendell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, <em>The Atlas of Middle-earth<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of the valley of Rivendell, where stood the Last (or the First) Homely House. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 279 Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>May 1, 3018 (S.R. 1418)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Sarn Ford where Gandalf and Aragorn met<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;Strider looked grave. &#8216;I do not know,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I came west with him in the spring. I have often kept watch on the borders of the Shire in the last few years, when he was busy elsewhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 234 FotR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<strong>May 1, 3019 (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Crowning of King Elessar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;&#8230;upon the White Tower of the citadel the standard of the Stewards, bright argent like snow in the sun, bearing no charge nor device, was raised over Gondor for the last time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 302-304 RotK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>2. 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