Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Band 13National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution., 1898 |
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... Congress was like a strong man with his hands in manacles . Under the Articles of Confederation this body had exclusive power for the following purposes without being able to execute one of them : It could make and conclude treaties ...
... Congress was like a strong man with his hands in manacles . Under the Articles of Confederation this body had exclusive power for the following purposes without being able to execute one of them : It could make and conclude treaties ...
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... Congress could declare everything but do nothing . At the close of the Revolu- tion this Congress had to face a debt of forty - two millions , all of which with the exception of eight millions had been fur- nished by patriotic Americans ...
... Congress could declare everything but do nothing . At the close of the Revolu- tion this Congress had to face a debt of forty - two millions , all of which with the exception of eight millions had been fur- nished by patriotic Americans ...
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... Congress in Washington , I send a memorial embody- ing matters of interest gleaned in the home of Lafayette , per- haps to be disregarded in the rush of business , or possibly to find a fitting place in your deliberations as a breath ...
... Congress in Washington , I send a memorial embody- ing matters of interest gleaned in the home of Lafayette , per- haps to be disregarded in the rush of business , or possibly to find a fitting place in your deliberations as a breath ...
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... Congress a suitable emblem for the infant Republic , and finally a committee was appointed , of which Col. George Ross , one of the signers of the Declaration , and an uncle of John Ross , was chairman . Betsy was a great favorite of ...
... Congress a suitable emblem for the infant Republic , and finally a committee was appointed , of which Col. George Ross , one of the signers of the Declaration , and an uncle of John Ross , was chairman . Betsy was a great favorite of ...
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... Congress . From that time she and her assistants found few idle moments . Thus was the first flag of this great land of ours made by Betsy Ross , and pub- licly adopted by Congress June 14 , 1777. The gallant Paul Jones is said to have ...
... Congress . From that time she and her assistants found few idle moments . Thus was the first flag of this great land of ours made by Betsy Ross , and pub- licly adopted by Congress June 14 , 1777. The gallant Paul Jones is said to have ...
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Seite 414 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected...
Seite 635 - I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the Republic for which it stands ; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Seite 530 - AND on her lover's arm she leant, And round her waist she felt it fold, And far across the hills they went In that new world which is the old...
Seite 647 - There is no death! The leaves may fall, The flowers may fade and pass away— They only wait, through wintry hours, The coming of the May. There is no death! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread; He bears our best loved things away, And then we call them "dead.
Seite 336 - That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are and of right ought to be a sovereign and selfgoverning association under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Seite 415 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Seite 3 - There are four things which I humbly conceive are essential to the -well-being, I may even venture to say to the existence, of the United States as an independent power.
Seite 336 - That we, the citizens of Mecklenburg County, do hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the Mother Country, and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British Crown...
Seite 176 - A distinctive and uniform flag shall be adopted for hospitals, ambulances and evacuations. It must, on every occasion, be accompanied by the national flag.
Seite 3 - The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and politics, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and, in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the community.