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... Lafayette on this occasion when , after meeting Mrs. Wash- ington , he declared : " If such are the matrons of America , well may she boast of illustrious sons . " These foreign officers were anxious to meet the mother of [ 3 ]
... Lafayette on this occasion when , after meeting Mrs. Wash- ington , he declared : " If such are the matrons of America , well may she boast of illustrious sons . " These foreign officers were anxious to meet the mother of [ 3 ]
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... ington , the Commander in Chief of the Continental forces of America , handed to Betsy Ross , the Quaker seamstress , a design for a flag which was to become immortal . Within these walls was enacted a scene of which little record is ...
... ington , the Commander in Chief of the Continental forces of America , handed to Betsy Ross , the Quaker seamstress , a design for a flag which was to become immortal . Within these walls was enacted a scene of which little record is ...
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... ington's side ? What was it that took them from their comfortable homes , from the love of their families , from the security of their occupations to face physical danger and personal ruin ? What was it but some sacred spark of the ...
... ington's side ? What was it that took them from their comfortable homes , from the love of their families , from the security of their occupations to face physical danger and personal ruin ? What was it but some sacred spark of the ...
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... ington's greatness but as a measure of our progress as his countrymen . In that feeling we are turning to Washington with a new and burning interest in everything he did , and with a new sense of the great debt we owe him . So I can say ...
... ington's greatness but as a measure of our progress as his countrymen . In that feeling we are turning to Washington with a new and burning interest in everything he did , and with a new sense of the great debt we owe him . So I can say ...
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... ington spirit . Again he was there on a definite errand , and it was the Washington habit to do what he set out to do . He wrote to his governor , “ I doubt not if you hear I am beaten , but you will at the same time hear that we have ...
... ington spirit . Again he was there on a definite errand , and it was the Washington habit to do what he set out to do . He wrote to his governor , “ I doubt not if you hear I am beaten , but you will at the same time hear that we have ...
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Page 15 - We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Page 8 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 4 - She received the complimentary attentions which were paid to her without evincing the slightest elevation, and at an early hour, wishing the company much enjoyment of their pleasures, observed, that it was high time for old folks to be in bed, and retired, leaning as before on the arm of her son.
Page 4 - She was arrayed in the very plain, yet becoming garb worn by the Virginia lady of the olden time. Her address, always dignified and imposing, was courteous, though reserved. She received the complimentary attentions which were profusely paid her, without evincing the slightest elevation, and at an early hour, wishing the company much enjoyment of their pleasures, observed that it was time for old people to be at home, retired.
Page 3 - If such are the matrons of America, well may she boast of illustrious sons...
Page 10 - General program for the nation-wide celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, February 22nd to Thanksgiving day, 1932.