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<big><big>'''A speech about Democracy and protecting Democracy and the Republic'''</big></big> | |||
<big>At Independence Hall, site of President Biden's speech</big> | |||
''President Biden delivered a speech on the “soul of the nation” Thursday evening in Philadelphia, with its famed Independence Hall as the backdrop. It’s far from the first presidential speech at the historic building. Here’s a primer on Independence Hall’s origins, transformations and key moments throughout its 269-year history.'' | |||
''Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence was approved in July 1776 and where the Founders debated and wrote the Constitution in the summer of 1787. It’s where the Liberty Bell rang and where George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1797, he made his final public appearance as president next door at Congress Hall — which together with Independence Hall is now part of Independence National Historic Park...'' | |||
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/01/independence-hall-biden-history/ | |||
Via Tom Nichols | |||
'''''"A speech no president should have to give"''''' | |||
* https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1565837023688146945 | |||
* https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1565828894392991745 | |||
* https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/the-speech-no-president-should-have-to-give/671338/ | |||
CNN's John Harwood covers the speech -- then departs from a newly configured CNN | |||
* https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1565752641279361025 | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 3 September 2022
A speech about Democracy and protecting Democracy and the Republic
At Independence Hall, site of President Biden's speech
President Biden delivered a speech on the “soul of the nation” Thursday evening in Philadelphia, with its famed Independence Hall as the backdrop. It’s far from the first presidential speech at the historic building. Here’s a primer on Independence Hall’s origins, transformations and key moments throughout its 269-year history.
Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence was approved in July 1776 and where the Founders debated and wrote the Constitution in the summer of 1787. It’s where the Liberty Bell rang and where George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1797, he made his final public appearance as president next door at Congress Hall — which together with Independence Hall is now part of Independence National Historic Park...
Via Tom Nichols
"A speech no president should have to give"
CNN's John Harwood covers the speech -- then departs from a newly configured CNN
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