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Watching the World Wake Up From History
I was alive and I waited waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now, there is no other place I want to be Right here, right now, watching the world wake up from history I … Continue reading
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Revisiting Herbert Hoover
The time when the employer could ride roughshod over his labor is disappearing with the doctrine of ‘laissez-faire’ on which it is founded. -Herbert Hoover, 1909 When ranking presidents of the United States, Herbert Hoover tends to fare poorly – … Continue reading
The Emancipation Proclamation
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: “That on … Continue reading
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Better Know a Founder: Thomas Paine
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man … Continue reading
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Historic Destinations: Plymouth, Massachusetts
I love visiting historic places, especially those that deal with early American history. Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Boston’s Freedom Trail, Sturbridge Village, Plimouth Plantation. All places I’ve been to over the past few years. It’s nice living in Massachusetts for those … Continue reading
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