Hi Nitsa!!

I enjoyed the post..I remember learning "Follow the Drinking
Gourd" in order to sing it at a Park Ranger Astronomy event many years ago. Beautiful song with a wonderful and hopeful meaning.

- Caroline

The U.S. Constitution is the best roadmap to freedom.
Apart from the obvious freedoms like the right to vote,
the right to exercise your own religious choice, the
right to free speech, the right to publish the truth,
the right to work, the right to own property, the right to have children, the right of patients to choose or not to choose treatment...These are among the basic rights, but there are some more subtle rights such as the right not to be stalked, the right to live without harassment, the right not to become the victim of hate crimes, the right to seek help if you are a crime victim or have witnessed a crime. The right to laugh, the right to cry. Freedom is wonderous, a gift from God. Only those who have no freedom, such as those who live under the rule of tyranny, or in brutal dictatorships, could really explain what it is
like to live without freedom.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which exposed the tyranny of slavery in America,
and lead to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Her heroic efforts, and the bravery of President Lincoln
changed the course of history and lead to freedom.

When I wrote the blog about the U.S. Constitution
apparently I forgot to include my name and it came
up as Anonymous. Anyway, my name is Geraldine Nathan.
I truly believe that the Constitution of the United States,
as well as the Bill of Rights are two of the major documents which have kept this country civilized, and
one of the most ethical countries in the world. As long
as the Constitution survives, there shall be freedom and
justice.

Best wishes,

Geraldine Nathan