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The Last Refuge – officially, The Conservative Treehouse – celebrated its first anniversary on February 1, 2012.  Now it’s time for another celebration (and we love celebrations) as we welcome our 2,000,000th visitor today!  At 6:10 PM EST!

The Tree has been approached over two million times, tapped for information, moved into for refuge and signed up for learning.
Two million times someone has said, “Self, let’s check out the Treehouse and see what’s up.”
Two million times someone perhaps said, “I saw that link—wonder what they’re up to….” 
Two million times, which, by the way, specifically does not include even one “click-in” from any admin folks.
There’s an acceleration of achievement that is readable in the stats since we celebrated our One Millionth hit not so long ago (December of 2011). This is an amazing commentary on the capacity of Americans to think; to reason; to read; to rise up and formulate responses to threats both local and national.
The Treehouse has always had the welcome mat out for those looking for a place to share what they believe, sharpen what they think and–if required–shop for ‘smores when the supply gets low.
“Reading makes a full man; speaking makes a ready man; writing makes an exact man.” Francis Bacon
It’s a pleasure to discover the widely read readers, the skillful speakers and the gifted writers who’ve found a comfy branch here.
Our readers end up reading more. Our speakers end up shaping their ideas in ways they haven’t before. And our writers! Thank God for all the writers, both in comments and in posts.  The writing makes the instant connection.  None of us stand alone.
Then some who were only readers try their hand at writing and discover that someone replies with, “Well said!” or perhaps “I saw something about that yesterday in this article at…..(link).”
Together we are so much more than we could ever be separately.

These past few weeks we have welcomed so many new people, and I think some of you will want to stick around as “regulars”.  Our “oldest” Treeper friends first met at another political blog site in 2009.  Some of us were new to the world of political blogs.  It’s a long story, but eventually we found it expedient to form our own blog home, and here we settled on February 1, 2010.  We can thank Menagerie for our name, The Last Refuge.
Do you know that there was a time when we were worried because most of our visitors were women?  Poor Sundance was seriously outnumbered!  Now we have such a nice crop of manly men!  And for you “lurkers” out there (though I prefer to think of you as dear readers), there are plenty of branches still available.  We’re sure you have a lot to say, and we’re willing to listen.  After all, we were all “dear readers” at one time or another.
At the heart of The Last Refuge is our belief in conservatism, a love of country, love for one another, and a belief in the Creator of us all.  We are imperfect beings, but with a desire for good, and an optimistic look to the future.  The Last Refuge could not exist without each of you in our little community.  YOU are what makes this work.  And this is About Us.
Now, tell us a little about yourselves, you new Treepers, if you feel so inclined.  After all, those 2,000,000 visitors include YOU!