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Christmas gifts to the nation through Washington and pioneers
The article recalls Christmas milestones in U S history: Washingtons battles and Valley Forge struggle, the 1783 farewell from Mount Vernon, the 1884 Washington Monument completion, and the 1814 Ghent peace, plus Kit Carson and Clara Barton as later Christmas gifts to the nation. It praises steadfast leaders and volunteers who shaped liberty and humanitarian aid.
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Washington
McConkey
Delaware
Boston
Charleston
Long Island
New York City
Fort Washington
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Canada
Newport
New England
Middle States
Lord Cornwallis
England
Thomas Paine
Ball
Cornwallis
Trenton
Saratoga
Republic
Valley Forge
George Washington
Fraunces Tavern
Statehouse
Annapolis
Continental Congress
Continental Army
John C. Fitzpatrick
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Mount Vernon
Benjamin Walker
David Cobb
David Humphreys
Philadelphia
Custis
John Marshall
United States
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
National Monument Society
Congress
Ghent
Russia
Great Britain
France
South Carolina
Madison
James Bayard
Albert Gallatin
John Quncy Adams
St. Petersburg
Belgium
Jonathan Russell
Henry Clay
Adams
Gallatin
America
Plattsburg
Europe
Newfoundland
Lindsey Carson
Madison County
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Stanley Vestal
Barton
Oxford
Mass
Father Barton
T Anthony” Wayne
Clara Barton
Sanitary Commission
Army of the Potomac
Andersonville
Bureau of Records
Geneva
Red Cross Society
Arthur
Michigan
Ohio
Mississippi
Johnstown
American Red Cross