band: copper-masthead
76 SPIRITS
August 5, 1776 · August 5, 2026 · Split datelines, snake, Gazette subline. The masthead is the way home, and home is today's edition.
4061 days to September 17, 2037. Computed at build time.
band: page-head
THE CONTEST
Three doors, one form
Pick up a Cup: the Founders buy the first 76 cups for the first 76 tables. Pick up a Pen: $250 for the best student essay or editorial. Pick up a Book: $1,776 to the teacher with the most effective lesson using the site, paid at school year end. [form socket: one entry form with a tier picker] [form socket: IP grant checkbox, retained] Launches Constitution Day, September 17, 2026.
Spoken by: The Spirits
band: slice
OUTSIDE THE CONTEST
Reconstitute a Spirit
A standing open call, not a prize tier, and no cash rides on it. Propose a Spirit, make the case in that Spirit's voice, and the Spirit page is the inheritance. Same form, second frame.
Spoken by: The Spirits