Florida Veterans for Common Sense celebrates the legacy of patriot and Founding Father Thomas Paine with a Birthday Party celebrating his memory.

The party will be held at The Francis, 1289 Palm Ave. in downtown Sarasota beginning at 6:00pm on Saturday Feb 3, 2018. In addition to a lovely dinner, you will be treated to jazz played by the Pine View Jazz Quartet. This year’s Paine Award winner, Tom Walker, will be presented with his award.

In addition, nationally renown speaker Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (USA Ret), who was the Chief Of Staff to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, Colin Powell will speak.

Tickets are $75 and should be ordered through EventBrite at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thomas-paine-birthday-celebration-tickets-41576754191?aff=es2