benjamin franklin

The first attempt to unify America's was called "The Albany Plan", and was discussed in congress here. It also led to the creation of the "Join, or Die" cartoon.

Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight before you go to bed, as daylight savings ends Sunday morning at 2am.  We get an extra hour of sleep or if your out at a show or a bar, you'll get an extra hour to party!  It's also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors as well as check an emergency preparedness kit. Clocks move ahead again in Ma