Happy 4th of July, America

Thomas Jefferson, author of Declaration of Independence, at age 33! Arguably one of the most powerful pieces ever written. Coincidentally, Thomas Jefferson died on the 50th anniversary of his presentation piece to the Continental Congress, July 4, 1826.

(side note: Thomas Jefferson cut the national dept by 1/3 during his presidency. Wonder if he could help us out today?)

When John F Kennedy hosted 41 Nobel Prize winners in the White House (1962) he said, " I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and human knowledge that has ever be gathered at The White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

The Preamble

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "

E pluribus unum

"Out of many, One"

(out of many peoples, races & ancestries has emerged a single people & nation)

Thomas Jefferson spent some time in France.

Thank you France for Lady Liberty

Thank you Thomas Jefferson!