<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">On September 17, 1787, Benjamin Franklin left the Constitutional Convention and was asked:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">“What have we got — a monarchy or a republic?”</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">He answered:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">“A republic… if you can keep it.”</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);vertical-align:baseline">Today we want to give everyone a way to </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">feel</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);vertical-align:baseline"> the meaning of Ben Franklin’s famous words by sharing <a href="https://youtu.be/zvXegsGSGAU" target="_blank">"If You Can Keep It," the final song from TND Musical's </a></span><a href="https://youtu.be/zvXegsGSGAU" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Frankly Ben Franklin, A Musical Memoir</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);vertical-align:baseline">.</span></a></div><span id="m_6202698035822110150m_-1987368157421538773m_5655230628961860743gmail-docs-internal-guid-a8d9ba4c-7fff-4bda-2216-16d08516c6c8"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If the song resonates with you, we’d be honored if you would share it with your family, students, colleagues, everyone, everywhere.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> Thank you.</span></span></p></span></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="500" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13px;color:#222222;line-height:1.35;width:500px;margin-top:1em"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1%"><div style="width:90px;height:90px;margin-right:10px;border-radius:5px"><img src="https://share1.cloudhq-mkt3.net/9556abe60d7c23.jpeg?v=0.5617828621478289" width="90" height="90"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13px;color:#222222;line-height:1.35"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13px;color:#222222;line-height:1.35;color:#195070;font-size:15px;font-weight:bolder">Mrs. Terry Bojanowski,</span><span> <span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Georgia,Tim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