The good news is that "Hamilton" a musical about Alexander Hamilton opens on Broadway next month after rave reviews off Broadway. The bad news is they are planning to remove his likeness from the ten dollar bill - the man who was our first Secretary of the Treasury - who founded the Bank of the United States and whose life was snuffed out at age 49 by Aaron Burr's bullet. I thought they were planning to remove Andrew Jackson from the twenty but plans were changed. Why not the whiskey swigging Grant or that ladies' man Franklin? As the WSJ wrote "the man who made our money is losing his place on it." At least we can seek solace as the Canadian dollar coin has the likeness of a loon.
tjs
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