2010 Phungo Cards - Thomas Jefferson and Upcoming Card Show Information!!

2010 Phungo Thomas Jefferson

For the second year in a row there is a Phungo Card of Thomas Jefferson. This statue is on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. This is a real nice card to recognize the Presidents day holiday if you are off. Unfortunately I had to work, but it was likely a good thing as I had not been into the office since last Tuesday.

The Card is #3 to denote Jefferson as the third President and is accented with an orange border to give it a Virginia Cavaliers look. I took the picture while vacationing at UVA last December. Charlottesville is a short drive from Philadelphia and the surrounding area offers many historical tourist opportunities as well as several wineries - TJs presence is noted throughout the area. I would like to thank Pat Searcher for pointing us towards some cool things to do while we were visiting UVA.

Card Show News

BC Collectibles is entering the Card Show arena and will be hosting a show at their Manoa Shopping Center location. The show is Fri - Sun Feb 19, 20 and 21. The show will feature Cards, as well as other items including memorabilia and Jerseys.

Hunt Auctions Philly Show has also started posting the autograph list for their March 12-14 show. At this time the hopeful signers include Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken, Ron Jaworski, Bobby Shantz and Von Hayes. The Free Sunday autograph is Eagles Safety Macho Harris. No complimentary autograph has been announced for Saturday.

Phungo Cards - Presidents Day Washington Monument and Thomas Jefferson

2009 Phungo #51 Washington Monument
2009 Phungo #3 Thomas Jefferson

For Presidents day I present two cards from the Phungo set. Both are from a vacation we took to Washington DC this past summer. The first is of the Washington Monument the second is of the Jefferson Memorial. The photo of the Washington Monument was taken from the outside the Jefferson Memorial. This is a great vantage point for this shot, there is a lake that separates the two locations and affords one a clear view of the monument.

The Jefferson card is number 3 to represent him as the third president. The Jefferson Memorial has a statue of Jefferson at the center with an entryway on each of four sides. Between each of these sides is a wall containing a quote or essay excerpt from Jefferson. This card is to small to read the inscription:

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

#1 was taken for Richie Ashburn, the Washington Monument got booted to #51. For the Jefferson card as with the Lincoln Card from last week, I have listed USA where the player position is typically listed for the baseball player cards.