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Thursday November 10. 6-8 pm Boston Public Library. Meet the filmmakers and elders 5-6 pm. Filmmakers Connie Baxter Marlow and Andrew Cameron Bailey led a forum for discussion with Pilgrim Scholar Gary Marks and Mohawk Elder Tom Porter who brought insights into the Iroquois Great Law and the Pilgrim vision for humanity as they apply to today and the future.
Synopsis: "Eminent philanthropist/historian James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) believed that America must embody the high ideals of New England's original settlers if it is to become a global exemplar of liberty, equality and justice. In 1921 he left a bequest instructing Boston to build a Pantheon to perpetuate the founding ideals and principles. Baxter's great-great-granddaughter Connie Baxter Marlow adds a missing piece - the role of the American Indian in the evolution of American democracy, mind and spirit."
As we move toward 2020 - the 400th anniversary of the landing of The Mayflower and the First Great Synthesis between Europeans and the American Indian - we have the opportunity to look at American history through a new lens - the role of the US of A in the evolutionary upward spiral of human consciousness. Yes the US of America. All of US and the role we are going to play in realizing the original vision of the human potential to bring liberty, justice and abundance for all: The True American Dream!
An extraordinary exception to the human condition unfolded when the visionary leaders of two radically different cultures met and worked together to maintain an inter-cultural exchange that became the "First Great Synthesis” between Europeans and American Indians during the first fifty-four years at Plymouth Plantation. This melding gave birth to American democracy and to the American mind and spirit. The "Second Great Synthesis” occurred when aspects of The Great Law of the Iroquois were integrated into the United States Constitution in 1787. A third synthesis is possible as our cultures come together again to realize the great promise America made to the world in its freedom documents The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution.
The Boston Public Library event kicks off the James Phinney Baxter Lecture Series, which is funded by James Phinney Baxter's 1921 bequest to the City of Boston to honor the early settlers of New England "whose principles and ideals were the seeds of free government." James Phinney Baxter, visionary and philanthropist, was one of the preeminent historians of early New England history among many other accomplishments.
The vision of James Phinney Baxter has yet to be realized: that the United States of America “lead as the exemplar of Liberty, Justice and Brotherhood among the nations of the world.”
We are proposing a third synthesis now as part of our First Fifty Years series of projects with our Call to Action: UNITY 2020! The Third Great Synthesis. Read about it here: bit.ly/Unity2020VR4
Follow our blog for updates: www.First50Years.us.
Thursday November 10. 6-8 pm Boston Public Library. Meet the filmmakers and elders 5-6 pm. Filmmakers Connie Baxter Marlow and Andrew Cameron Bailey led a forum for discussion with Pilgrim Scholar Gary Marks and Mohawk Elder Tom Porter who brought insights into the Iroquois Great Law and the Pilgrim vision for humanity as they apply to today and the future.
Synopsis: "Eminent philanthropist/historian James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) believed that America must embody the high ideals of New England's original settlers if it is to become a global exemplar of liberty, equality and justice. In 1921 he left a bequest instructing Boston to build a Pantheon to perpetuate the founding ideals and principles. Baxter's great-great-granddaughter Connie Baxter Marlow adds a missing piece - the role of the American Indian in the evolution of American democracy, mind and spirit."
As we move toward 2020 - the 400th anniversary of the landing of The Mayflower and the First Great Synthesis between Europeans and the American Indian - we have the opportunity to look at American history through a new lens - the role of the US of A in the evolutionary upward spiral of human consciousness. Yes the US of America. All of US and the role we are going to play in realizing the original vision of the human potential to bring liberty, justice and abundance for all: The True American Dream!
An extraordinary exception to the human condition unfolded when the visionary leaders of two radically different cultures met and worked together to maintain an inter-cultural exchange that became the "First Great Synthesis” between Europeans and American Indians during the first fifty-four years at Plymouth Plantation. This melding gave birth to American democracy and to the American mind and spirit. The "Second Great Synthesis” occurred when aspects of The Great Law of the Iroquois were integrated into the United States Constitution in 1787. A third synthesis is possible as our cultures come together again to realize the great promise America made to the world in its freedom documents The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution.
The Boston Public Library event kicks off the James Phinney Baxter Lecture Series, which is funded by James Phinney Baxter's 1921 bequest to the City of Boston to honor the early settlers of New England "whose principles and ideals were the seeds of free government." James Phinney Baxter, visionary and philanthropist, was one of the preeminent historians of early New England history among many other accomplishments.
The vision of James Phinney Baxter has yet to be realized: that the United States of America “lead as the exemplar of Liberty, Justice and Brotherhood among the nations of the world.”
We are proposing a third synthesis now as part of our First Fifty Years series of projects with our Call to Action: UNITY 2020! The Third Great Synthesis. Read about it here: bit.ly/Unity2020VR4
Follow our blog for updates: www.First50Years.us.
