I Am An American and American Citizenship Week
Editorial highlights American Citizenship Week May 12 to 18 and Citizenship Day origins in Manitowoc Wisconsin. It traces rapid nationwide adoption with local observances, stressing duties and rights of native born and naturalized citizens under the President’s guidance.
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Roosevelt
United States
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Hearst
San Francisco
Los Angeles
American Legion
National Education Association
Baltimore News-Post
Spirit of Lincoln Speech Echoes in Modern Defense of Freedom
Quotations from the Gettysburg Address invoke the nation’s founding promises as Americans face a global struggle against totalitarian powers. The speech emphasizes equality, unalienable rights, and the democratic path as the nation mobilizes in a great battle for liberty.
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Spirit OF
Lincoln
A New Birth of Freedom Speech Recited
The text echoes a pledge that the nation must endure and commit to a renewed freedom under God. It honors Founding Fathers and patriots who sacrificed for a democracy that must not perish from the earth, promising freedom from foreign isms and a government of the people.
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Republic of the United States of America
Town Talk news notes and social visits around town
Rupert Hardy of Fort Jackson spent the week end here. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Statler left Tuesday for Martinsville Virginia with Mrs. George Fisher and Jack and Benny Statler for a month. Willis Hux visited Richmond Monday. Mrs. Bill Duke of Farmville visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith Sunday. Elizabeth Faison of Portsmouth spent the week end with her sister Mrs. W. G. Bunch. Rev Gordon Price visited Faison Tuesday. Mesdames Stell and Higginbotham visited Goldsboro Monday. R. L. Cashwell and children from Durham. E. H. Cashwell and daughter from Suffolk stayed with Mrs. Gulbranson. Fred Bowers of Littleton visited Mrs. D. P. Allen. J. R. Staller of Martinsville and George Fisher hosted weekend guests. Orbie Kee of Norfolk visited relatives Sunday. N. E. Cox spent Easter in Goldsboro. Buck Bennett will work in Sanford. Helen Robinson Louise Hudson R. G. Floyd and Quentin Mitchell spent Sunday in Washington. Elsie Hudson Ann Shaw and Mrs. Mary Lou Cummings accompany Minnie Pruden to Duke Hospital as patient. Katherine Traynham returned to Salem College. W. M. Farber spent Easter weekend in Baltimore. Mary Lillian Meade and Howard Hawkins were in Richmond Sunday. W. J. Hasty and children visited friends at Pleasant Hill Sunday. S J Lynch and family visited Brunswick and Ebony Virginia. T. J. Lynch and daughter Shirley and A J Lynch and daughter Sylvia Jeane visited La Crosse Saturday. Lonnie Martin and Mrs. Lacks spent Easter with relatives at Roxboro.
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Willis Hux
Richmond
Bill Duke
Farmville
J. W. Smith
Elizabeth Faison
Portsmouth
W. G. Bunch
Gordon Price
Faison
Mesdames
Lawrence Stell
Upshur Higginbotham
Goldsboro
R. L. Cashwell
Dorothy
Wilbur
Margaret
Durham
E. H. Cashwell
Sylvia
Suffolk
N. E. Cox
Buck Bennett
Sanford
Helen Robinson
Louise Hudson
R. G. Floyd
Quentin Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Elsie Hudson
Ann Shaw
Mary Lou Cummings
Minnie Pruden
Duke Hospital
Katherine Traynham
Salem College
W. M. Farber
Baltimore
Mary Lillian Meade
Howard Hawkins
W. J. Hasty
Pleasant Hill
S. J. Lynch
P. ¥. Lynch
Brunswick
Ebony
T. J. Lynch
Shirley
A. J. Lynch
Sylvia Jeane
la Cross
Lonnie Martin
Lacks
Roxboro
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Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Halifax County
Carolina
Carroll Wilson
Angelo Rossi
Rupert Hardy
Fort Jackson
J. R. Statler
Martinsville, Va
George Fisher
Jack and
Benny Statler
Will
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