A 75th Birthday Celebration of Social Security featuring U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott and others will be held TODAY at 1:30 p.m. at the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. in Seattle.

There will be birthday cake (donated by AFT Washington’s Retirees Chapter) and a sparkling apple cider toast (by the WSLC’s Jeff Johnson) as participants stress the importance of the Social Security system and the importance of stopping those who would use the deficit as an excuse to attack the program and cuts its benefits.

The event is being organized by the Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans and  Social Security Works – Washington.