Shiftless2
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Remember - it's only treason if you lose
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Shiftless2
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Thanks S2 x 2,
I was raised in the lower Hudson River Valley. We had access to a private dock, and a grand view of the river for miles. It became a yearly personal tradition to watch the fireworks displayed in several towns within sight of the dock. BUT !!
I was in my teens before I realized the connection between (mostly: S2 #2) harmless display fireworks, and the munitions of the Revolutionary War they suggested.
New millennium:
Blasting explosives into the sky with mortars is sooooo previous millennium. We got drones now!
Thomas Jefferson wrote the rough draft of the DOI; John Adams and Ben Franklin were the editors.
Jefferson originally wrote:
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable ..." Jefferson
Franklin expresses his reservation about that phrasing to Jefferson. Franklin explained; we're founding a new country. It's not based on assertions of religion. It's based on assertions of reason. We should reflect that religious tolerance in this writing.
source: Walter Isaacson: author of: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
I was raised in the lower Hudson River Valley. We had access to a private dock, and a grand view of the river for miles. It became a yearly personal tradition to watch the fireworks displayed in several towns within sight of the dock. BUT !!
I was in my teens before I realized the connection between (mostly: S2 #2) harmless display fireworks, and the munitions of the Revolutionary War they suggested.
New millennium:
Blasting explosives into the sky with mortars is sooooo previous millennium. We got drones now!
Thomas Jefferson wrote the rough draft of the DOI; John Adams and Ben Franklin were the editors.
Jefferson originally wrote:
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable ..." Jefferson
Franklin expresses his reservation about that phrasing to Jefferson. Franklin explained; we're founding a new country. It's not based on assertions of religion. It's based on assertions of reason. We should reflect that religious tolerance in this writing.
source: Walter Isaacson: author of: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life