sabato 17 gennaio 2015

George Washington, address to Congress, Princeton, August 26, 1783; Fitzpatrick 27:117

 
"Perhaps, Sir, No occasion may offer more suitable than the present, to express my humble thanks to God, and my grateful acknowledgments to my Country, for the great and uniform support I have received in every vicissitude of Fortune, and for the many distinguished honors which Congress have been pleased to confer upon me in the course of the War."



  Sand art by sand artist Orlando Adinolfi
 
 

sabato 10 gennaio 2015

– George Washington, address to officers of the Army, upon fumbling for his glasses before delivering his response to the first Newburgh Address, Headquarters, Newburgh, New York, March 15, 1783; Fitzpatrick 26:225

 
 
F]or if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter."


Portrait of sand by sand artist Orlando Adinolfi
 
 

sabato 3 gennaio 2015

Befana

In popular folklore Befana visits all the children of Italy on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany to fill their stockings with candy and presents if they are good. Or a lump of coal or dark candy if they are bad