Welcome to Conversation on Monday, January 12

Today is

NATIONAL CLEAN OFF YOUR DESK DAY

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On January 12 in 1803,US Senate approved  Thomas Jefferson‘s nomination of James Monroe and Robert Livingstone to negotiate purchase of New Orleans from France.

Louisiana Treaty Newspaper Article

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Today’s art offering is Mountain Man (1903) by Frederic Remington.

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The trivia question for today is: What is the loudest animal on Earth?

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