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We at the U.S. Common Sense blog wish you and your family the very best on this day of Thanksgiving.  If you and/or your family are traveling, may you/they reach their destination safely.  While many look at this day as a day to feast on Turkey and green bean casserole, we need to remember the [...]

November 11th is “Veterans Day” in the United States America.  This day is set aside to remember those who served or are currently serving in the military.  The date was chosen to mark the anniversary of the end of hostilities in Europe during World War I.  The day is shared internationally with European nations, where [...]

My annual blogging tradition is to repost the Declaration of Independence on the fourth of July.  I find it important for us to remember how things began, and one way to do that is to read the Declaration.  The document is not long, but it says so much.  But how did some of our fellow bloggers mark [...]

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]

On March 29, 2008, millions of people around the world observed Earth Hour.  Originally held in Australia in 2007, the movement has expended across the globe as a way to send a message to the nations of the planet that people are concerned about the health of the planet while simultaneously saving a little money [...]