On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office. NPR reported*, "Biden tried to send the message that no one person is bigger than the country — and that what America stands for is at stake." Reflecting on George Washington’s 1796 farewell address he noted: "...here, kings and dictators do not rule; the people do." George Washington, the first U.S. president, established innumerable principles and precedents for the office. His presidential decisions and actions...
![Mrs. Yoshiye Abe, an American of Japanese ancestry, helps to make American flags in a Denver factory, from The Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_recent_posts_thumb/public/2024-07/AliA_IndependenceDay_LoC.jpg?h=25ba1c23&itok=GG6RG4Ah)