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Statue of Liberty and Dictionary Day

Fiḍál (Grace), 1 ‘Ilm (Knowledge) 175 B.E. - Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Feast of ‘Ilm

Las Vegas autumn
Feels like winter this morning
Coffee mug steaming

The {item:blogcity prompt for DAY 1765
What does the Statue of Liberty mean to you, regardless of its history? If you are from another nation, what does your favorite national monument of your country mean to you?

Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty is a symbol
of America's potential,
as stated in the Declaration of Independence:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."1

All humanity--
male and female,
no matter the color of their skin,
national origin,
religion,
lack of religion,
political affiliation,
gender identification,
or sexual orientation--
are created equal,
and are given
numerous "unalienable" rights.

The {item:bcof} prompt for DAY 2158
October 16 is Dictionary Day  . It commemorates the birth of Noah Webster (October 16, 1758), the Father of the American Dictionary. Do you prefer to use an online dictionary or a book dictionary? Why?

Dictionary Day

I use an online dictionary all the time. I do this for two reasons: (1) I'm online when I'm transposing a story or poem into a document, and (2) I can us the zoom feature on my computer to enlarge the print. It's easier to use the zoom feature than it is to use a magnifying glass with a book. I have three dictionaries book marked on my Web favorites: (1) the English Oxford Living Dictionaries  , (2) the Online Etymology Dictionary  , and the Cambridge Dictionary  . Why, because the Oxford and Etymology dictionaries were recommended to me, and the Cambridge dictionary is as good as the other two.

Footnotes
1  http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/