NEW STAMP PAYS TRIBUTE TO SMITHSONIAN'S SEARCH FOR TRUTH

In 1826, James Smithson, a British scientist, drew up his last will
and testament, naming his nephew as beneficiary.

Smithson stipulated that, should the nephew die without heirs (as he
would in 1835), the estate should go “to the United States of America,
to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution,
an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men.”

The motives behind Smithson’s bequest remain mysterious. He never
traveled to the United States and seems to have had no correspondence
with anyone here.

Some have suggested that his bequest was motivated in part by revenge
against the rigidities of British society, which had denied Smithson,
who was illegitimate, the right to use his father’s name. Others have
suggested it reflected his interest in the enlightenment ideals of
democracy and universal education.

Smithson died in 1829, and six years later, President Andrew Jackson
announced the bequest to Congress.

On July 1, 1836, Congress accepted the legacy bequeathed to the nation
and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust. In
September 1838, Smithson’s legacy, which amounted to more than
100,000 gold sovereigns, was delivered to the mint at Philadelphia.

Recoined in U.S. currency, the gift amounted to more than $500,000.

After eight years of sometimes heated debate, an Act of Congress
signed by President James K. Polk on Aug. 10, 1846, established the
Smithsonian Institution as a trust to be administered by a Board of
Regents and a Secretary of the Smithsonian.

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The new stamp saluting the Smithsonian's integrity in the pursuit
of man'sTRUE origin and ancestry.

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",,,an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men.”

What a sad, sad joke!

The Smithsonian won't touch the following with an 11 1/2-foot pole:

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CONFIRMING EVOLUTION A JOKE
(All Specimens Discovered Between Pennsylvania Coal Veins)

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CRIME IN RHYME
The anthros, their interests SO vested
And Poor Truth for too long molested
Their deceit and deception
Near the point of perfection
If it were my call, they'd ALL be arrested

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