Today in History On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted Richard Henry Lee’s resolution for independence. The vote was unanimous, with the New York delegation abstaining. Quote-Unquote "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. ... You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means." – John Adams​ Letter to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." – Albert Einstein

It's time to make a batch of summer-time beer! Yes, I cheat and use a kit, at least until I get better.

Today In History On June 29, 1776, delegates to the fifth Revolutionary Convention in Virginia adopted the state's first independent constitution and selected Patrick Henry as their governor. He was sworn in on July 6, 1776. Quote-Unquote "Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." – Patrick Henry​

### Today in History  On June 25, 1876, more than 250 men of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, including their commander, George Custer, were killed in a battle along the Little Big Horn River in Montana with the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. ### Quote-Unquote "I would rather have a good education and no money, than to have a fortune and be ignorant." – George Armstrong Custer​

"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." – George Orwell​

"The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education." – Frédéric Bastiat​

"If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world." – Athanasius of Alexandria

First harvest. Loss more green and red ones, and flowers!

It's that kind of day...