Every year on Washington’s Birthday (February 22nd), a United States Senator will read President Washington’s farewell address to the Senate. Washington warned the 1796 congress of a few things and one of them was the two-party political system, which he thought would divide a nation. Abraham Lincoln had to overcome similar divisiveness. These great presidents recognized what Thomas Paine phrased so well, “in unity our great strength lies”. I wonder what our senators will be thinking this year as they listen to Washington’s farewell address.
Washington’s Birthday (President’s Day)
Jeff Bensch 