Homecoming remarks recount fifty years of Harmony Grove schools
A community celebration recalls the Harmony Grove school legacy and former pupils. County Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver speaks on the county unit system and future school improvements. Notable locals and former students reminisce as old pupils rise to share memories.
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Spain
Shriver
County Unit
Harmony Grove
Minor Nuzwin
Indianapolis
Thd
George Giles
Lewis Kitzmiller
Taylor’ County
Booth’s Creek
Perry Gawthrop
Thomas J. Humphreys
Roy J. Martin
Lloyd L. Shriver
Benjamin Franklis
Home and Hills: A Veteran's Brief Oration on Patriot Hearts
A speaker, a longtime Tay lor county resident, recalls ancestral ties to the hills and harbors a deep love for the land. He reflects on Civil War memories, national unity after the Spanish American War, and the blending of Yankee and Dixie in a shared patriotic creed. He invokes Shakespeare and hymnody to frame the nation's healing.
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Gray
Appomattox
Southland
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Joe Wheeler
Theodore Roosevelt
Vermont
Florida
Atlantic
Golden Gate
Dixie
Remembering Grover Cleveland and the public office ideal
The piece recalls Grover Cleveland fifty years past, framing his early impact on U S politics and his enduring credo that a public office is a public trust. It cites Cleveland's insistence on moral governance, quoting the saying about laying up treasures in heaven over earthly wealth and power.
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James A. Garfield
United States
Galaxy of Nations
Empire State of New York
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Tom Platt
New York State
Acros
Mation
Great Americans Bryan Roosevelt and Wilson Theme
The speaker extols Bryan Roosevelt and Wilson as enduring symbols of liberty and leadership. It lauds Bryan as a persecuted reformer and moral champion, compares Roosevelt to a fearless warrior, and credits Wilson with guiding the nation through pivotal crises, envisioning a long lineage of principled American statesmen.
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Welare
Mfe
John Adams
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
William Jennings Bryan
American Republic
Bryan
Roosevelt
Wilson
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
al John the Baptist
Corportan
Remembering Woodrow Wilson and McGuffey in a Nation's Rise
A reflective piece likens Woodrow Wilson and William Holmes McGuffey to shaping American virtue during war and peace. It invokes biblical echoes and classic poets, praising leaders who forged ideals and educated youth through enduring literature, urging steadfast patience in the national race.
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Woodrow Wilson
Apostle Paul
Gideon
Barak
Sampson
Jerhthah
David
Samuel
Prophets
America
Thareany
the Nation
William Holmes McGuffey
Sarmahe
Liberty, Athens, Babylon, and America in a Civil Discourse
A speaker extols American democracy while contrasting it with ancient Athens and Babylon. He praises Currey era innovations and universal faith in liberty, warns against cynics who doubt the republic, and quotes scripture to affirm national virtue and governance by consent.
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