I just bought my last set coins from the US Mint, portraying the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. It was supposed to be life, liberty and land, but they changed the last one to the pursuit of happiness. JFK certainly made the last one his priority. By the way the depiction of Liberty is Caucasian. Please excuse the "ethnic term." Ethnic used to mean European extraction. I don't know what it means now and I refuse to answer that question about my ethnicity whenever the question rears its ugly head.
Some Information - Lady Liberty: 10 Fascinating Facts - The Battery The statue of Liberty is beautiful. It was a gift from France. My grandmother was from France so leave her alone!
That line reads "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." And that's the truth!!!
The quote of Life,Liberty and Property is from Two Treatises of Government by John Locke (1632-1704) from which Jefferson changed to pursuit of happiness.
This does not belong on this net. I am and all others of whatever ethnicity Are AMERICANS. IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT YOURSELF THAT WAY.?????
Keep in mind that the founding fathers did not trust the riff-raff (they were extremely and painfully aware of the French revolutions) and that is why original voters were limited to land owners, male, and caucasian. That is why we have a republic and not a democracy. And the electoral college as well.
I misspoke when I used land. It was life liberty and property. The French Revolution didn't start until July 14, 1789. That was after the Anerican Revolution.
There were earlier uprisings, and the French people were constantly protesting since the 1500's. In 1775 (one year before the Declaration of Independence) the French people rioted because of flour shortages. And don't forget, Franklin was in France during the American Revolution.
Our democracy has been an evolutionary process. When the founding fathers wrote the constitution, it was a radical document, despite what you might think of it now. Remember that Europe and most of the rest of the world was run by kings, emperors and other despots. The idea that White land owners would have some significant power over the government was radical. The right to vote for the members of the Electoral College really got going in the 1824 presidential election, which brought Andrew Jackson to prominence. He didn't win, but he set the stage to win in 1828, and he was the first populist. African-Americans got the right to vote, on paper in many states, just after the Civil War. The direct election of U.S. Senators started in 1912, I believe. All women got the vote in 1920. There were some in other states, like Wyoming, before that. Dump on the country if you want. It's your First Amendment right, but remember that this country led to the path for freedom in many ways.
What the heck is this thread even about? How about posting some coin photos, some coin commentary, or anything else coin related, and stop posting (mostly) unintelligible gibberish about ... well, I can’t even tell what it is about... There is always the Partisan Lines website for those who enjoy feeling put-upon and need to take it out on someone. Just stop talking out your half-baked notions here, subjecting me and other members to these crackpot misinterpretations of every subject, or I will start reporting every post. Enough already. (And the same goes for Covid conspiracy / political nonsense, too.) Is this, perhaps, what people are trying to discuss?
