Well it took me some time to get whitelisted, but I wanted to thank the contributors that I know must have read and posted in this thread. I received a handful of transactions denominated in "1776." It was actually quite humbling.

I'd be happy to talk more about the project or its connection to bitcoin if anyone is interested. Our interviews are popping up online, and one can see a more extended philosophical exposition of our intentions at the Anarchy Gumbo podcast here: http://bit.ly/P34KQ5

Happy to take PM's and emails as well. Thanks again for your support. We're just shy of $1000 contributed from all sources.