“But if we are to be told by a foreign Power … what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.” – George Washington
Philippians 2:14-15 – Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and pervers nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
On this day in history:
In 1825, the newly finished, 363-mile Erie Canal marked its grand opening.