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In conjunction with their Posters for the People exhibition, the National Constitution Center is inviting local artists of all ages to contribute to the WPA Poster Contest. The Works Progress Administration, for those of you who don't remember learning about it in history class, was part of FDR's New Deal in an attempt to stimulate a depressed economy and included artists, musicians, and writers back when the arts where considered an important facet of the culture.

Really, Philadelphia? 65% of us don't think President Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

In elementary school, I chose Princess Diana's wedding for my fifth grade slide show topic. To see the glass carriage and the twenty-foot train, Americans had to wake up at 4 AM and tune in to any major network. As a young girl, I was obsessed with the story of her wedding, so I dutifully cut out magazine photos, made slides, and wrote the script for my slide show. The slides were all muddied and the show was pretty much a disaster, but I still love the memory of poring over photos, choosing the perfect ones to share with my audience. Almost two decades later, I heard the news of her car accident while at my then boyfriend, now husband's house. We fell asleep only to be awoken a few hours later to have my future father-in-law tell us the sad news that Diana had died.

There is A LOT going on in Philly this weekend for families. Let's just dive right in!

Looking for some 4th of July deals for the tragically hip, underfunded, and child bearing? We've got you covered. Phillyist has been blessed with a bevy of tips for families looking for a great time in the city, but not looking to spend an insane amount of cash... or stay up till midnight.

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Because Obama's speech was delivered to a private audience in the middle of the day on Tuesday, many of you may have missed it. Phillyist contributor Warren Longmire posted his thoughts on the speech that day, complete with a link to a video of the speech found on Huffington Post. Because the speech is still making headlines, we wanted to take the opportunity to embed it in its entirety here. We are not posting this video by means of endorsing a candidate, but rather because it is a newsworthy event that happened in our city. The speech runs approximately forty minutes in length (the remainder of it may be found after the jump); to save time in viewing or video buffering, you may want to read the transcript on MSNBC. Whatever you feel about Obama, however, the speech is really worth a watch or a read.

Editor's Note: We mentioned Mr. Colbert's impending visit to our fair city yesterday (and announced a contest, no less), but Phillyist Joshua felt this historic event deserved more in-depth coverage. Enjoy!

History is something modern Americans often seem to view only in the past tense.

On Saturday, members of the Philadelphia Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), set off to march twenty-five miles from the National Constitution Center to Valley Forge National Historical Park, "to show support for veterans and service members testifying at Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan," an IVAW event occurring in Washington, D.C. March 13-16. The event gets its name from a quote by Thomas Paine, who said that winter soldiers are those who stand up for their country even in its darkest hours, and will be an opportunity for veterans who served in both locations to give "an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground" in the Middle Eastern war zones.

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We guess that your reading this means that you survived Monday. Good! We started you off slowly, and without much vigor, so let's see if we can step things up a bit tonight. We have kink, espionage, and poetry. What more could a Phillyist reader ask for?