P.T. Barnum's birthday is always a big day for me, a kind of semi-holiday riding on the coat-tails of the Glorious Fourth, the day before. To a considerable extent, Barnum invented modern American patriotism, among so much else, at least how it was harnessed and exploited in a show biz context for about a century. […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AM on July 5, 2025