Posted on 03/31/2024 7:43:52 PM PDT by CottonBall
Buzz Patterson
@BuzzPatterson
I spent much of my Air Force career operating in and out of the Middle East and Africa. It’s a tinderbox. Arab states understand one thing…and its strength. Appeasement is not in their vernacular. @JoeBiden has set us up for failure and we’re failing. We need Trump before any other Americans are killed.
1:33 PM · Apr 14, 2024
Miss Judy
Wine pairings
Red licorice - dry white wine
Black licorice - dry red wine
But that’s all crazy Drink what you like sweetie! ♥️🍷👍
Hi exit
Still able to connect and Wowsie! Appreciate All you’ve shared
Good morning, Dolly!
Have a great trip to see your family!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I want my VOICE back. This Crooked Judge has GAGGED me. Unconstitutional! The other side can talk about me, but I am not allowed to talk about them! Rigged Trial!
Apr 15, 2024, 7:19 AM
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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39m
Why didn’t they bring this totally discredited lawsuit 7 years ago??? Election Interference!
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
@RepMTG
April 15th - Tax Day
As Americans pay their hard earned tax dollars to the federal government that has enslaved them in $34.6 Trillion in debt, left us unprotected from a continual deadly border invasion & rampant crime & drugs, and perpetual government policies that are actively destroying our future, Congress returns to send close to $100 billion more to fund foreign wars.
I will not vote for the never ending America last model of failure that Americans hate and has rightfully given Congress a 13% approval rating.
There are winning solutions to all of these problems when Washington remembers who pays for everything and who they took an oath to serve.
7:49 AM · Apr 15, 2024
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
“I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.”
- George Washington
(How is it that we have so many federal “holidays,” yet none that celebrate the father of this country? And please don’t tell me the we have President’s Day now, which celebrates all presidents equally. The notion of honoring George Washington with the same reverence as Joseph Biden is so appalling, I can’t entertain it.)
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Washington learns he has been elected the first President
On this day in history, April 14, 1789, George Washington learns he has been elected the first President of the United States. The first presidential election under the new US Constitution was held from December 15, 1788 through January 10, 1789. At that time, each state set its own rules for conducting elections and choosing electors for the electoral college, who would then vote for president.
The electors had to be chosen by January 7, 1789. Each state was given a number of electors equal to its number of senators plus its number of representatives in the House of Representatives. Some states chose their electors by popular vote, others were chosen by their legislatures, or by a combination of the two. After the electors were chosen, they were to meet in their respective states on February 4 to cast their votes for president. These votes were then transmitted to New York City, where the federal government was then meeting, to be counted by Congress.
The first Congress began officially on March 4, 1789, but all the members were not yet present. A quorum of members did not exist in the House of Representatives until April 1st and in the Senate until April 6. Since this was the first day that both houses could meet in an official joint session, the electoral college votes were counted on this day.
John Langdon of New Hampshire had been elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate. This was the highest position in the Senate and the leader of the Senate in the absence of the Vice-President. Since there was no Vice-President yet, Langdon took the responsibility of tabulating the votes. He opened, counted and announced the votes to Congress. Once it was determined that George Washington had won and John Adams had come in second, Langdon dispatched a Certification of Election and a letter to each of them to inform them of their victories.
Washington’s letter was sent by the hand of Charles Thomson of Philadelphia, the longtime Secretary of the Continental Congress. Thomson served in this position from 1774 through July of 1789, helping the fledgling government in its first few months before he officially left the office.
Thomson arrived at Mount Vernon on April 14, 1789. He stood in the Large Dining Room in Mount Vernon where he announced to George Washington that he had been unanimously elected the first President of the United States. The humbled Washington immediately wrote a short letter to Senator Langdon that said:
“Sir,
I had the honor to receive your Official Communication, by the hand of Mr. Secretary Thompson, about one o’clock this day. Having concluded to obey the important & flattering call of my Country, and having been impressed with an idea of the expediency of my being with Congress at as early a period as possible; I propose to commence my journey on Thursday morning which will be the day after tomorrow.
I have the honor to be with sentiments of esteem Sir Your most obedt. servt.
G. Washington”
Washington arrived in New York City to great fanfare on April 23rd and was sworn in as President on April 30 at Federal Hall.
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Thank you, http://revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com, for the main body of this essay
11:43 AM · Apr 14, 2024
When I was a kid we celebrated his birthday ... February 22 ... no school.
bttt
USACE Baltimore
@USACEBaltimore
Take a more detailed look at our Salvage Operations Plan (including efforts to establish a limited access channel) in this updated animation. 🏗 The Unified Command is undertaking this work with care and precision to restore full service to the @portofbalt
. #FSKBridge
https://twitter.com/i/status/1778415458234024417
9:31 AM · Apr 11, 2024
1:03 video
“hold the ctrl and click the + button and it will get as big as you want in order to see it.”
I didn’t know that, thanks
LOL, that IS his super power!
“We need Trump before any other Americans are killed.”
That applies to so much, wars, defunded police, illegals, drugs.
And thanks for the great tagline
same here.
I can’t look at your screen name the same anymore, lol!
ps. But you have helped me not to accidentally say that term around here, Tennessee. That would have been embarrassing!
Well said.
right. He had a day named him and Lincoln also had a day named after him - no school
No more named days...It’s now presidents day and MLK has a day named after him.
Just shoot me...
or, in the immortal words of James Traficant
beam me up....
one more
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