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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1962
Page
25
In New York notes, Walter Winchell highlights historical figures dubbed Yankee Doodle Darlings. He notes Mrs. Washington at Valley Forge, frontline helpers, and postwar medal decorations while tracing independence debates and the consent of the governed guiding the Founders. The piece cites the July 2 1776 vote and July 4 adoption, with many signatories later.
Franklin Jefferson and Adams proposed a national emblem featuring the 13 state emblems plus symbols of England Scotland Ireland France Germany and Holland to represent the countries from which the states were peopled.
The Founding Fathers valued children's minds as priceless. Before the Constitution, grants of public lands were given to states to establish free public schools.
Jefferson reads a rough Declaration draft while Ben Franklin offers a few edits and then sighs that he wishes he had written it himself.
The passage notes colonists emigrated from fourteen European nations and cites Walt Whitman describing the United States as a teeming nation of nations reflecting diverse origins.
The delegates who drafted the Constitution produced a remarkable result with few changes. Many Revolutionary generals, including General Greene, were farmers by trade and had little military training before the war. Greene learned strategy from Caesar’s Commentaries before taking up arms.
The passage traces democracy in America to Virginia under Governor Yeardley two years before the Pilgrims. It notes recurrent financial crises during the Revolution and credits Haym Solomon with saving the country from bankruptcy by contributing a half million dollars, yet states he died broke as a British prisoner of war.
John Adams noted two thirds favored the American cause while no more than a third opposed it at any stage. The Declaration of Independence centers on the principle that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed.
General Gage learned provincial stores were at Concord and sent a small force to seize them. On the road to Concord at Lexington the event known as the little incident unfolded, shaping a pivotal moment in history.
The Continental Congress drafted a declaration asserting American rights and outlining political principles. Its language emphasized liberty, representation, and the authority of the people in shaping governance.
The quote shows Jefferson fearing a civil war long before it happened and warning that God’s justice will not be stayed. He argues slavery’s abolition is possible and urges advocating every plan and experiment toward ending it. He emphasizes persistent effort toward the ultimate objective.
A historical note recounts the Pilgrims first landing near New York City where Dutch Governor Willem Kieft rejected them as undesirable immigrants. He paid the ship captain to take them north, with instructions to discard the passengers. The vessel ultimately dropped anchor near Plymouth Rock.
A historian notes that independence was not a sudden act but a long process. He cites discussion among farmers, merchants, mechanics, planters, fishermen, and backwoodsmen across towns, meetings, pulpits, and conventions from coastal to western colonies.
The excerpt outlines Jefferson’s criticism of the Constitution, describing his view that it was too conservative. It notes John Paul Jones’s naval service and citizenship status as context for early American figures.
The piece notes that committees of correspondence formed by patriots aided revolutionary sentiment since 1772 with Sam Adams as a key organizer. It also mentions Philip Mazzei's early essay asserting natural equality and Jefferson's later admission of incorporating Mazzei's words into the Declaration of Independence.
OCR text fragments listing numerous dates and years in a jumbled ledger style. The snippet reads as a dense calendar index with repeated mentions of 1962 and 1969 dates, months and days scattered, plus stray numbers and partial years. The fragment suggests archival dating or bookkeeping notes rather than a narrative.
Oswald Jacoby explains a rare second hand high tactic on a no trump opening where West led four of spades and failed to run the suit after South captured the spade tricks. The king queen and club sequence determined the outcome for 13 South. Pinata description follows in HAL Boyle piece.
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