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#25: e pluribus unum

7/4/2015

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Interdependence 
Day: e pluribus unum
yes, we are all one!
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OUT OF MANY, ONE. Or, the action of many uniting into one. 
It refers of course to the 13 colonies becoming the United States of America, and still holds with the 50 states united as America. 

From Wikipedia: "The traditionally understood meaning of the phrase was that out of many states (or colonies) emerges a single nation. However, in recent years its meaning has come to suggest that out of many peoples, races, religions, languages, and ancestries has emerged a single people and nation—illustrating the concept of the melting pot."

Will we humans evolve past "nation states" and truly be All One? 
I declare [unofficially] this to be Interdependence Day. 

DEFINITION of this 6-syllable Latin phrase:
  1. Latin. out of many, one (motto of the U.S.).  It has been on US currency since 1795.

The always-full-of-wonder Robin Williams having a bit of fun as "Flag."
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