(This is a repost of a diary from exactly one year ago. I wouldn't usually do this, but I started re-reading this diary today and was struck by just what a wonderful, quirky and unusual event it was last year and wanted to share it again. I also spent last night hosting a bbq at which two of my friends - massive Obama supporters who took leaves of absence from work last year to campaign for him - told me he was the biggest disappointment and the biggest mistake they'd ever made, because of his Cairo speech and positions on Israel. I pushed back but frankly, was hosting 50 people and didn't have the energy. But it made me sad this morning and I wanted to remember something happy and patriotic.)
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On the night of July 3, I attended a remarkable event. A once in a lifetime event.
I went to Benjamin Franklin's wedding to Betsy Ross.
What?
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