A Little Lincoln For The Fourth
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Sunday, July 04, 2010
Here’s Abraham Lincoln on the meaning of Independence Day. It’s from a speech given July 10, 1858.
It’s worth reading the whole thing, if only to see how funny Lincoln is, but here’s the part about fourth of July:
Now, it happens that we meet together once every year, sometime about the 4th of July, for some reason or other. These 4th of July gatherings I suppose have their uses. If you will indulge... READ MORE
How Do You Celebrate?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Saturday, July 04, 2009
Rachel showed us her yummy ol’ flag.
We have family traditions and political traditions. On the nerdy side, we usually attend a potluck cook-out with other political philosophy grads who’ve ended up in official Washington.
It’s nice to see that policy wonks have families and eat hot dogs like everyone else.
But it bores the stuffing out of the kids, to be honest—it’s usually... READ MORE
America the Beautiful
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Saturday, July 04, 2009
My mother handed on to me a penchant for enjoying singing all the verses of songs. (You should hear us at Christmastime!)
When I was a child and we sang patriotic songs in school, it disappointed me when we’d stop after the first verse.
And with good reason, because those continuing verses are often the best part of the song!
“America the Beautiful” is my favorite. In honor of our Independence Day... READ MORE
Calling All Patriots
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Friday, July 03, 2009
Here’s wishing you and your families a wonderful 4th of July celebration!
Share it with us, won’t you? I love to hear how other people and other communities observe our religious and civic feast days.
The similarities and the peculiarities are so interesting.
So: take pictures, blog about it, and tomorrow at noon I’ll put up a post where you can leave the results all weekend.
Firework Frenzy
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Happy Canada Day!
I practically grew up in Canada. My childhood home is less than a mile from the Canadian border.
Our wedding reception was held on the sixth floor of a building near the river that separates the US and Canada, and my younger brothers had fun proving to their disbelieving cousins that the buildings on the other side of the river actually were in a completely different country. ... READ MORE
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