A President Worth Remembrance

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/today-celebrate-george-washingtons-birthday/#slide-1 George Washington's farewell address upon the end of his second term in office in 1796: Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating …

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James Otis: Firebrand of the Revolution – Born Today in History

https://youtu.be/Ze5XkI-cy6A From Michael Boldin's Friday email: Thanks to government-run "education," few people today know the name James Otis, Jr. – born Feb 5, 1725 – whose 5 hour oration against the Writs of Assistance in 1761 sparked the flames of liberty. This was such an important speech that “American Independence was then & there born.”As Dave Benner …

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