We need programs like SS, Medicaid, and the VA at the national level because we are no longer the 3.1million we were in 1776, but are now 330+million.
p.s. I can rant on any of the above topics in more detail, but I didn't want to make it any longer than I had to!

Read the Vestry records at St. John's in Richmond. Yes, the same place where Patrick Henry gave his famous speech! Money that came into the church through tithes went out to take care of people in the Churchill community.

The roots of what became the US are absolutely in the idea of care of community. Go read the Mayflower Compact. The gist is that they will make laws- for themselves- for the good of the community.

During the 1950s, the top tax bracket was around 90% and those people didn't object because they wanted to have the smartest and most innovative employees.There was no 'why should I pay for somebody else's education' because we understood that we were ALL better off with an educated populace.

It wasn't just STEM, but other areas like foreign languages to allow for the US to lead global diplomacy.
But education was valued for more than that. There was a mindset of improving lives. Better doctors, better engineers, better scientists would make everyone's life better.

People said we had to be smarter if we were going to win the Cold War. In the 1950s, there was a huge push to educate everyone so we would have more Oppenheimers or Einsteins. We put money into education which led to NASA and other technology.

Fair warning: I can be verbose.
In the years right after WWII, people in the US saw themselves as 'the best' because of their part in winning the war, but also because we did it with our very smart people. Our complacency was shattered by the Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb.

Wtf

It’s mind boggling

Agreed

The Continental Congress was important in order to coordinate the war effort, but it didn't truly unite the states. The next step was the Articles of Confederation. Both the state constitutions and the Articles reflect their disdain/distrust of the king and the system of monarchy.

as free and independent entities- "states". They weren't going to keep their colonial governors and their laws, so that to create their own systems. These were 13 separate individual constitutions for each new state. The Continental Congress, which created the Declaration, still existed.

On the other hand, the Constitution lays out the structure of a new government. We will get back to that. After the Declaration was signed, there was a great deal to do to fight the British. We didn't just magically become the United States. The former colonies thought of themselves

First of all, they were written eleven years apart. Secondly, they represent completely different purposes. The Declaration of Independence is a declaration! A declaration is a statement. In this case, a statement about the need for the colonies to separate from Britain politically.

This will be an experiment. I have no idea what I am doing but I'm going to try to make educational threads on this account. Something that really bugged me this year was the lack of knowledge about civics/US History. Some people think the Declaration and the Constitution are the same thing.

Kosher Soul by Michael Twitty

I have sapiens and On Tyranny in my TBR pile right now

But it should be a state! And also DC!

Go get ‘em!

Mostly history so mostly chronological

My county has about eight libraries. All of them are open on Saturdays, but only two are open on Sundays. I wish they opened earlier in the day, most days they don’t open until 10 AM.

I don’t think they know about tubercular milk. I only know because my bio-grandmother died from it in 1935. She was only 28.

My grandmother died because of tubercular milk in 1935.

Why not both?

This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.

Absolutely

Founding Documents: Mayflower Compact. Maryland Act Concerning Religion. Bacon's Laws. Declaration of Rights and Grievances. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom. US Constitution. Bill of Rights.
To start with...

I'm going to use this account to teach history. I'm unsure how this word limit will impact how I do things. I'm inspired/horrified by posts that show that Americans don't understand that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are different things. So I'm starting there.

I’m so sorry