Everyone loves Independence Day, the quintessential American holiday, full of parades, picnics, and … surprising facts? You bet! Be the life of the party–share a few of these tasty nuggets of knowledge with your fellow picnickers this year. 1. Independence Day commemorates the formal adoption of the ...
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." ~ Leviticus 25:10 Inscription on the Liberty Bell Strike note: E-flat [ Listen to the Seven Strikes of the Normandy Liberty Bell] Tradition tells of a chime that changed the world on July 8, 1776, with the Liberty Bell ringing ...
Photography by Hussain Aga Khan “From his global travels Hussain Aga Khan has been able to capture exotic creatures in their natural habitats from every corner of the world. Khan displays 52 digital prints, ranging in size from 11″ x 15″ to 38″ x 42″. The resultant effect of the larger print sizes e ...
We left the story of the bell hanging yesterday, although it actually hasn’t hung in quite a while. Sorry, just couldn’t resist. Anyway, moving forward. Anything as old as the Liberty Bell ( 250+ years) is bound to have a lot of trivia and a bit of hyperbole to it. And so it does. Being a big fan of ...
Welcome to July. The VAA Collective has quietly been working on some pretty big projects. We have a few upcoming shows that we’re participating and atleast a couple that we’re hosting ourselves, info will be released at a later date. I’ll be away for the entire month of July working on a Photography ...
I love Philadelphia. Went to school on the Main Line and now have been visiting pretty regularly. There are so many interesting and fun things to do. Historical things like Constitution Hall and the Liberty Bell. Educational things like the Art Museum and Franklin Institute. Funky things like South ...
… unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you:and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. The King James Version, Leviticus 25:10. And the first part is inscribed on our Liberty Bell itself, although it wasn’t even called tha ...
I took a trip to DC to visit Lauren last week. We decided to check out Philadelphia since she’s so close. Our bus “depot” was in the basement of a row house in Chinatown. Very shady and hilarious. The bus itself was straight out of 1992. Crazy neon shapes and squiggles on the upholstery. When we [.. ...
Lots of friends and acquaintances have been asking this week what I would be writing about the Mark Sanford affair. They know, as most of my readers do, that I have been a Sanford critic for a number of years, and, in fact, ran the 2006 campaign of Sanford’s Republican primary challenger, Oscar Love ...
Leviticus 25:10 says “Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.” Since the last synod convention we have been celebrating a WELS Year of Jubilee based on the event God established in Leviticus 25. This chapter is beautiful because it is speaking no ...