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2024`s 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is April 15 - 21. Help bridge America`s political divide by attending free events online and across the U.S.!
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#PiDay is also National #ScienceEducation Day, International Day of Mathematics, AND (amazingly) #AlbertEinstein`s birthday! 🧠💭💡🧪🔭🔬
President Biden`s 4th annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress will start at 9 PM ET
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This #SuperTuesday, voters in 16 U.S. states and one territory will cast primary ballots. November general elections are less polarized when more people vote in primaries, so if you are registered in a Super Tuesday area, exercise your right to vote today! https://bit.ly/SuprTues
Today, we honor and celebrate all those who have served in America`s highest office across our nation`s remarkable history. 🗽
#PresidentsDay2024
Remembering America`s 32nd and longest-serving president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882. His leadership guided the nation through both the Great Depression and WWII.
We don`t take your votes for "granite," New Hampshirites! Stay safe and warm as you cast your ballots, Granite Staters! 🥶🗳️
Today, we celebrate Benjamin Franklin`s 318th birthday. The course of history took a positive turn on January 17, 1706, in Boston, MA, when Josiah and Abiah Franklin welcomed their 15th child, Benjamin. The world would never be the same. 🗽⚡
We now know humans are, on average, 99.6% genetically identical. Skin pigmentation is related to where our ancestors migrated post-Africa. Race is a social construct, not genetic. There is only one race, the human race. Let`s celebrate MLKJ`s legacy by making his dream a reality.
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
Welcome to the Franklin Party Newsletter!
Declarations
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved a document with the heading “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” While it didn’t have this title, that document became known as “The Declaration of Independence” because, among other things, it declared the political independence of the newly formed American states from Great Britain. But this document made other monumental declarations as well.
For example, it declared that “all men are created equal” and that they are endowed with the unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” This watershed document further declared that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” And, importantly, this document declared for the first time that these newly formed states, “free and independent” from Great Britain, were “united” with each other. In fact, the last line of the Declaration declares that “we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
So, you could say this seminal document wasn’t just a Declaration of Independence, it was also a Declaration of INTERdependence. And our new nation went even further to declare this interdependence on its Great Seal with the Latin phrase, E pluribus unum, “Out of many, one.”
Today there are many forces threatening to tear America asunder: hyperpartisanship, culture wars, tribalism, political polarization, and incivility. It is time for us to remember the unifying declarations that formed our great nation. Our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor are bound together. This July 4th let’s declare our independence from the modern adversaries that would rip us apart, and redeclare our interdependence to each other.
Happy In(ter)dependence Day!
Yours in republic keeping,
James Carroll
BFPNC Chair
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