Brandy Walker

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Happy 250th Birthday!
Printed textile bandana commemorating the Declaration of Independence ca. 1778
#4thofJuly #250th #Independence #IndependenceDay
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@rockmom @SueCooperBridge @17thCenturyLady I grew up in Pennsylvania and did not know that

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Young Washington tells the humble beginnings of our hero general. His losses and defeats, and his sense of fairness and honor that led to his servant leadership.

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@Astoldbyaisy I do to a frustrating degree

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May your shelves be full, your freedom fiercely protected, and your next great story begin this Fourth of July. 🇺🇸📚
#HappyJuly4

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@ThebookishC Hello!

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Thank you @RyanStringer72 !

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Libraries truly are a necessity, and I cannot imagine my life without the solid foundation of libraries in my younger years. If you could visit any library right now, would you choose one you've bene to before or a new one? Where would it be?

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Happy 250th Birthday!
Printed textile bandana commemorating the Declaration of Independence ca. 1778
#4thofJuly #250th #Independence #IndependenceDay
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@chamomeriam I would

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@bemyhope0 that is so true

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Happy 250th!
#250th #Independence
It is astonishing to realize the age of the United States is only three human lifetimes long. (I consider eighty-three years to be a reasonable or normal lifespan.)

Many of us get caught up in the day-to-day angst of partisan politics without thinking too much about how it all began.

Our modern two-party system in America was birthed out of debates between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton on the role of government and also the broader debate between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke on the subject of the French Revolution, which came approximately thirteen years after the Declaration of Independence. (Many mistakenly believe the French Revolution preceded the American Revolution.)

I always thought it was an interesting irony that the French Revolution denounced Christianity and turned churches across France, including Notre Dame, into Temples of Reason, even ceremoniously crowning women as "goddesses of reason", yet descended into the irrational and bloodthirsty mob violence and hysteria of the Reign of Terror.

And not long after the French Revolution, France ended up with the egotistical, power-hungry Napoleon, who crowned himself emperor in 1804. After assuming power, he went on an aggressive military campaign in an attempt to expand the territory of France and take over Europe. For all the trouble and misery of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon ended up with even less territory than what he started with. Defeated, he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena, where he died of ulcerous stomach cancer.

The more things change, the more they stay the same—"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"—which, not surprisingly, was quipped by a Frenchman (Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, b. 1808, d. 1890.)...
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Thank you @MartinG8177 and @shrewsmorris

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@brandywalker Thanks for the follow. Now following back. Great to connect.

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Thank you @HighLatitudeSty

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