If you've ever traveled abroad you are asked this often. It's as if you are given an opportunity to "come clean" and "lay it all out on the table."
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Allen, age 92, a resident of the Terra Ceia community, Pantego, died Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at his home.
Published: Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 @ 9:08 am
By: Announcements
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America's beloved comedian, the late Milton Berle, once told this story.
Published: Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 2:30 pm
By: Rev Mark Howard Creech
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On June 28, almost exactly a month after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia convened, the 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin rose to address his fellow members.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia concluded. 39 of the 55 delegates to the Convention signed the final product, including its primary author, James Madison, and its eldest member, Benjamin Franklin.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In 1886, Sir Edward Clarke delivered a speech in the U.K. House of Commons and in polite way of insulting someone, he said: "The mind was indeed so open that it had nothing in it at all."
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2017 @ 10:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. "I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse," wrote James Madison, "and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other." His mentor and friend...
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Parrott, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Katy, Texas.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 5:52 am
By: Announcements
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Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Parrott, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Katy, Texas.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 3:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Benjamin Franklin Parrott, age 91, a resident of Katy,TX and a native of Chocowinity died Monday, April 22, 2013 at his residence.
Published: Monday, April 22nd, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: Announcements
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When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the people, he replied: "...A Republic, Ma'am, if you can keep it."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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