Tag: George Washington

On President’s Day

Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech, the first of the Four Freedoms series, appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on this day in 1943. Based on remarks in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, the four freedoms referenced were Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and …

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365 Things I Believe: Sheep

Virginian George Washington, America’s First President, was born on this day in 1732, but no you can’t have another day off. Washington died on December 14, 1799. 365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important …

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