Envisioning an intelligent patriotism for America
A reflection on citizenship duty, informed service, and love of country. It argues that patriotism requires knowledge and action, not mere words, urging Americans to understand history, defend minority rights, and vote responsibly to preserve constitutional safeguards.
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Dr. Johnson
Indianapolis News
America
Inn Long Famous Pennsylvania Roadhouse Between Armies
A historic Pennsylvania roadhouse once stood between British and American lines, enduring as a famed waypoint along a Civil War era route. Its legacy reflects strategic shelter and local commerce bridging rival camps during wartime movements.
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Pennsylvania
Roadhouse Tales of Jeffersonville Inn and Revolution Echoes
The article recalls the Jeffersonville Inn near Valley Forge, built 1765 and famed for Revolutionary connections. It describes how national Prohibition shuttered many roadhouses, with this site surviving in part to host tourists while bearing marks from siege and fire incidents tied to British American conflict.
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Jeffersonville Inn
Egypt Road
Ridge Pike
Valley Forge
Norristown
Pawers
Jeffersonville
Phompsons
Thompson
Richard Henry Lee a Patriot Leader of the Revolution
The article honors Richard Henry Lee died June 19 1794 at Chantilly Virginia as a key early revolutionary leader and ally of Washington Jefferson and Adams. It notes his birth January 20 1732 Stratford Virginia his role in the Virginia House of Burgesses Continental Congress signer of the Declaration and first suggesting committees of correspondence. It traces his ascent to Virginia politics and national service and reflects on American liberty and the forthcoming Fourth of July.
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Chantilly
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry
Lee
Stratford
America
England
William the Conqueror
Yeewe
Thomas Jeferson
Virginia House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Great Britain
John Adams
Ile
United States
Iie
Virginia
Magazine of American History
Brief Story of a Foxy Pup and a Firecracker
Notable American colonists gathered in Philadelphia to sign a paper that became a landmark document in world history. The declaration of Independence launched a movement for freedom from British rule and articulated principles that inspired others and shaped struggles for national self determination globally.
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Philadelphia
Encroachment Threatens Gouverneur Morris Vault at St Ann’s
New York encroaches on the resting place of Gouverneur Morris in the Morrisania St. Ann’s church yard as surrounding tenements rise. Debris rusted iron gates and climbing roses mark the site once linked to the constitutional draftsman and diplomat.
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New York
Gouverneur Morris
St. Ann’s Church
Morrisania
United States
Morris
Bronx
St. Ann's Church
Fourth of July Ovation Lost Its Spark in a Fall
A Fourth of July celebration aims for safe and sane entertainment but a speaker’s bold call to warn the rash is interrupted when the stage props fail and he falls before finishing his speech. The band erupts with a crash as he presses on.
Nations Herald Natal Day Ode by T. C. Harbaugh
Poem praising Liberty and American heritage with references to Trenton Brandywine Yorktown and Valley Forge. It honors forefathers and the flag, urging pride in Old Glory and the Fourth of July. Copyright 1923 Western Newspaper Union.
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Trenton
Brandywine
Yorktown
Valley
America
Western Newspaper Union
Too Few Do That Of Right And Wrong He Taught Truths
The line praises someone who preached high ethics and lived by them, noting a consistency between words and deeds. It contrasts the rarity of such virtue with the speaker’s admiration, placing the subject alongside Athens in moral regard.
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Athens
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