{"id":359229,"date":"2026-07-30T23:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/how-connection-culture-fueled-rise-from-outpost-to-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:48:28","slug":"how-connection-culture-fueled-rise-from-outpost-to-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229","title":{"rendered":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><span title=\"T\" class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>his week, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of that fateful day when the text of the Declaration of Independence was formally approved and adopted.<\/p>\n<p>It took more than an inspiring declaration to unite the thirteen colonies. It also took more than the governing documents later adopted in the form of the Articles of Confederation and later the Constitution. The challenge facing the nation\u2019s founders is captured in the motto they adopted for the new nation\u2019s seal: E Pluribus Unum, a Latin phrase that translates into English as \u201cout of many, one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What did it take then, and what does it take today, to be \u201cone\u201d while still being \u201cmany\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>History shows that what transformed the union into something more durable was the work of subsequent American leaders who cultivated a culture of human connection \u2014 articulating a shared national vision, demonstrating over time that all humans are of inherent value, and creating space for diverse voices to be heard within a common story. It was this deepening connective tissue, as much as any constitutional mechanism, that gradually drew distinct and often rivalrous peoples into a productive and increasingly unified nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectionculture.com\/post\/from-outpost-to-empire-americas-connection-culture-at-250\" target=\"_blank\">In a new article published on the Connection Culture website<\/a>, I take a closer look at how the principles of Connection Culture contributed to the rise of the United States from colonial outpost to modern empire, and encourage each of us to engage in ways that cultivate this culture for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo:\u00a0John Trumbull\u2019s painting Declaration of Independence. Public domain. Image has been cropped.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of that fateful day when the text of the Declaration of Independence was formally approved and adopted. It took more than an inspiring declaration to unite the thirteen colonies. It also took more than the governing documents later adopted in the form of the Articles of Confederation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119379,12280],"tags":[11447,3733,5005,37421,40364,6234],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-359229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connection-culture","category-leadership","tag-connection","tag-culture","tag-empire","tag-fueled","tag-outpost","tag-rise"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of that fateful day when the text of the Declaration of Independence was formally approved and adopted. It took more than an inspiring declaration to unite the thirteen colonies. It also took more than the governing documents later adopted in the form of the Articles of Confederation [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"860\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Connection\",\"culture\",\"EMPIRE\",\"Fueled\",\"Outpost\",\"Rise\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Connection Culture\",\"Leadership\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\",\"name\":\"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\",\"width\":860,\"height\":440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network","og_description":"This week, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of that fateful day when the text of the Declaration of Independence was formally approved and adopted. It took more than an inspiring declaration to unite the thirteen colonies. It also took more than the governing documents later adopted in the form of the Articles of Confederation [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":860,"height":440,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire","datePublished":"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229"},"wordCount":271,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg","keywords":["Connection","culture","EMPIRE","Fueled","Outpost","Rise"],"articleSection":["Connection Culture","Leadership"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229","name":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-30T23:48:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Declaration_of_Independence_1819_by_John_Trumbull_860x440_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg","width":860,"height":440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359229#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Connection Culture Fueled Rise from Outpost to Empire"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/359230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359229"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=359229"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=359229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}