By: Diane Benjamin Since the actual Constitution was signed 236 years ago yesterday and it fell on a weekend, the National Constitution Center is celebrating today. See their website: https://constitutioncenter.org/education/constitution-day-resources Most of the problems we face today are because the Constitution is immaterial. Restoring the principles that made America the shining city on the hill […]
By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington will take 2 stories to cover, this is Part 1. Check the Agenda, the below isn’t there: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/259d37a5-7d4f-11ed-9024-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1694194607.pdf In lieu of declaring Bloomington a Sanctuary City a few years ago the Council opted to join “Welcoming America”. Bloomington has a website dedicated to Welcoming Week activities coming up : https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/28356/637982477484661849 Last […]
By: Diane Benjamin Happy Constitution Day. Find a copy and read it before all copies are required to be burned! Thanks to you readers I crossed 8,000,000 page views today. It was less than 2 years ago when I got to 5,000,000. That 89,811 views is for one day. It was a story that went […]
Today is Constitution Day On this day in 1787 the final draft of the Constitution was signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention. It is a magnificent document that few follow these days. Today is the perfect time to re-read it, or for Jenn to read it for the first time. https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/full-text
The Constitution was signed on this day in 1787 – 232 years ago. Read it lately? Note: It doesn’t say We the Government . . . Link to the Constitution: https://constitutionday.com/the-constitution-text.html Link to the Amendments: https://constitutionday.com/constitutional-amendments-bill-of-rights.html The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) was ratified December 15, 1791. Teach it to your kids, the schools sure […]
