Happy Turning Point Day!

While some worry about the War on Christmas, methinks we are remiss to forget the important war that happened on Christmas (in 1776) and the Christmas Day events that were a huge turning point in the birth of our country.  It's not forgotten in Philadelphia and Trenton.

Somehow over the last 3 holiday seasons, I've managed to set aside a little time to read some history. This year I read David McCullough's 1776.

Perhaps 229 years seems like a long time to some, but some issues confronting Americans were not so different.  On the pages of dailykos recently we've seen the words of Thomas Paine and quotations from the Federalist Papers. Gather round to hear a story.