Fact or fiction: Exploring Seattle s urban lore and legends
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A haze hangs over Seattle s skyline from wildfires burning northeast of Whistler, B.C., photographed Wednesday, July 8, 2015, as seen from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.JORDAN STEAD/SEATTLEPI.COM
Okay, okay: So you understand Jesus Christ made Seattle under protest, and you know to avoid Interstate 5 at all costs. But do you know why Jimi Hendrix didn t graduate from Garfield High School?
How about what rests just off of Magnuson s boat launch? Or that there is a nuclear bomb shelter hidden in Ravenna?
Maybe it s the city s gloomy gray, overcast skies, but mysteries and myths seem to thrive in the Emerald City. But did these stories really happen, or are they urban legends?
"The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man s spiritual nature, of his feelings, and of his intellect.
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what s clicking on Foxnews.com. The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man s spiritual nature, of his feelings, and of his intellect. They knew that only a part of the pain, pleasure and satisfactions of life are to be found in material things. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.
Antiwar.com Original The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man’s spiritual nature, of his feelings, and of his intellect. They knew that only a part of the pain, pleasure and satisfactions of life are to be found in material things. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone – the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men. – Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)
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“The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man’s spiritual nature, of his feelings, and of his intellect. They knew that only a part of the pain, pleasure and satisfactions of life are to be found in material things. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)