Bacon's Rebellion

Democracy Thrives in Sunlight

We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident….

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15 responses to “We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident….”

  1. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    With some minor exceptions…

    1. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
      James Wyatt Whitehead

      Don’t forget! Today’s celebrations all started with a resolution from a Virginian, Richard Henry Lee.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5p5PvYGB4w

      1. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
        Dick Hall-Sizemore

        This scene was a favorite of my wife’s.

      2. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        Or, was it this ‘un

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=D4u_RZh9tc4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_log

  2. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
    Dick Hall-Sizemore

    And the real story of how Jefferson came to be the author of the Declaration:

    https://youtu.be/09A6oY5cb0I

    1. Nathan Avatar
      Nathan

      Thanks for the education. I had no idea the founding fathers did so much singing.

    2. Stephen Haner Avatar
      Stephen Haner

      Yes, I get all my history from Broadway. 🙂 Was a fun show. “Momma, Look Sharp” is the best number. My wife sang Abigail Adams in a production at W&M during the Bicentennial and met the official US Bicentennial commissioner! Five points to the first person to provide that name! (Became a well known Virginia name soon after….)

      She was working the counter at The College Shop on DOG Street one day and a tourist asked, “what are they going to do with the college after the bicentennial?” They thought it was just part of the reenactment…

      1. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        A question many a student has also asked.

      2. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
        Dick Hall-Sizemore

        John Warner

        1. Stephen Haner Avatar
          Stephen Haner

          Correct.

    3. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Ah! A contemporaneous documentary…

    4. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
      James Wyatt Whitehead

      Required reading for today. Mr. Jefferson’s Summary View and The Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms. Adams knew his man!
      https://www.loc.gov/item/08016823/
      https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/causes-and-necessity-taking-arms

  3. Kathleen Smith Avatar
    Kathleen Smith

    Questioning the Constitution
    Thursday | 8 p.m. | VPM PBS
    This documentary reveals the development and structure of the Constitution, its various interpretations and the debate surrounding its possible reformation. Interviews with prominent politicians, constitutional scholars, and leaders from the NAACP and ACLU combine with archival materials to create an understanding of the Constitution’s past, present and future.

  4. Not Today Avatar
    Not Today

    Always good to read or listen to (it’s available), IN ITS ENTIRETY, “What to the slave is the fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass as you swill your beverage of choice. It is timeless, poetic, and stinging in its critique of modern American life.

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDcB1NhMfo&t=285s

      Perhaps if it had been set to music or written for Broadway?

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