-=> TIM RICHARDSON wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD>> CONCLUSION: The US should pull out of Washington.

 BA>> Actually, Washington should pull out of the US.

 DD> So, what's your proposal for a national capitol? Keeping in mind that
 DD> the boys from K Street will be where ever the gummint sets up house.
 DD> And all the bureaucraps and "flappers", etc.

 TR> Philadelphia, PA,.....where it all began.

Actually it began in Boston, where the Adams family didn't want to pay taxes
and in Virginia with Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Philly was just a
convenient meeting spot ... that also happened to be right near Ben Franklin.

The capitol jumped around until settling in the swamp land that became
Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the First Continental
Congress from September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774.

Baltimore, Maryland was the first capital under the Second Continental Congress
from December 20, 1776 to February 27, 1777.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the Articles of
Confederation from March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783.

New York City was the first capital under the Constitution from March 4, 1789
to August 12, 1790.

Washington was the last, becoming the capital of the United States on November
17 1800.

ENJOY!!!

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