RED WHITE AND BLUE AND PBS

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Happy Veteran's Day!  Thank you, Veterans!!

A perfect way to finish this All-American week:  the PBS Hamilton's America.  Sooo good.  Set aside and hour plus for this fantastic history lesson, as well as thrill for the arts.  (2-minute trailer below, full don't-miss-episode HERE.)
First came indigenous people, then British settlers, then a really big meal, then other stuff, then other stuff, then the United States, and then, eventually, Hamilton, the musical, and this PBS Special.  Enjoy.



                                  

Principle in the type:  "...government is necessary because people need it to resolve their conflicts, and compromise is the tool by which governing officials hammer out such conflict resolution.  If we all agreed with each other, we would not need government."    David B. Magleby

GIRL POWER

photo by Maryland GovPics

I generally like my cash money  --coins, chocolate with gold foil around them.  But I'm also okay with paper note $20 bills, with Harriet Tubman pictured.  "Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson lived on opposite sides of the American experience. . . .  Tubman, a black woman, escaped slavery to become a conductor on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to lead slaves to freedom.    news                                   

Principle in the type:  "She is clothed in strength and dignity."    Scripture

HAMILTON'S GOT CHOPS

photo by Mark Skrobola

Lin-Manuel Miranda's brainchild, the Broadway musical Hamilton mixes American history and rap, and never stops surprising.  It features "a multicultural cast, is smart, inventive, radical and fun -- the iPhone of American musicals," says People magazine.   Revolutionary War hero, Alexander Hamilton's story has never been shared so cleverly!   (more sources)

Principle in the type: "Your creativity is not a bad boyfriend.  It is a really warm older Hispanic lady who has a beautiful laugh and loves to hug.  If you are even a little bit nice to her she will make you feel great and maybe cook you delicious food."   Amy Poehler