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irisblue

(38,247 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:18 PM 16 hrs ago

'That's due tomorrow?' from twitter

Link to tweet

PS the 1972 movie musical 1776 with William Daniels, Ken Howard & Howard Silva as J.Adams, Jefferson & Franklin is on you tube

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A favorite scene from the movie...Sit Down John

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'That's due tomorrow?' from twitter (Original Post) irisblue 16 hrs ago OP

That's funny. I'd like to have him/her as a neighbor.. hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #1

Me too irisblue 16 hrs ago #2

Franklin: "Treason is a charge invented by the winner as an excuse for hanging the loser." Aristus 15 hrs ago #3

Clever ProfessorGAC 14 hrs ago #4

hlthe2b

(115,321 posts)

1. That's funny. I'd like to have him/her as a neighbor..

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:25 PM

16 hrs ago

irisblue

(38,247 posts)

2. Me too

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:28 PM

16 hrs ago

Aristus

(72,781 posts)

3. Franklin: "Treason is a charge invented by the winner as an excuse for hanging the loser."

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:51 PM

15 hrs ago

Adams: "Well, I have more to do than stand here listening to you quote yourself..."

Franklin: "No! That was a new one!..."

ProfessorGAC

(77,730 posts)

4. Clever

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 04:50 PM

14 hrs ago

Wrong, but clever.
It was actually completed on the 2nd, but the signatories present got together on the 4th.
It took over another 2 months for reps of all the colonies to get to sign it.
So TJ wouldn't have freaked out on the 3rd. He did his homework ahead of time!
Still funny, though!

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