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Postville Review in Postville, Iowa

21 Feb 1908

Page 6

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Postville Review

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Postville, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1908

Page

6

Washington error sparks heated Long Island speech clash

A Brookyn lawyer’s Washington themed address on Washington's Birthday provoked a lively if combative exchange. A burly patriot warned a critic that he would break his neck if he returned, revealing tensions over patriotic rhetoric.

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Washington Long Island Brooklyn Lexington Anthony Wayne Ticonderoga King's Mountain West Point Commodore Perry Put-In-Bay Jon Kerr
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Father George and the Washington Birthday Debate

A streetcar dialogue on Washington lore turns comic as a passenger seeks the overlooked “important things” about George Washington. The exchange questions the hero’s deeds and legacy, ending with a patriotic ballad to Father George and lingering questions about his humanity.

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Washington George Vernon Mount Delaware Cornwallis Yorktown the Inquirer
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Tell of Washington cherry tree tale turns darkly humorous

A curio dialogue sketches a rambled yarn about George Washington and the cherry tree myth. A Roman-nosed man and a dapper critic debate memory and authorship with sly jabs at deception, memory lapses, and a plan to pass a joke as a new tale.

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Washington Yast George New Hampshire
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