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John Adams

Twelve Days of Christmas – Day 1 – Courage

Andrew Jackson once boldly remarked that “One man with courage makes a majority.” If there is one man who personified those words, it is Theodore Roosevelt. Born with a boisterous mind but frail body, “Teedie”, as he was then called, struggled mightily with his health. He wrote in his autobiography of one night when asthma...
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Twelve Days of Christmas – Prelude

Our virtues come to us down from the ages. They began with Moses’s exodus from the Nile River Valley; made their way through the rolling hills of ancient Greece; then through Rome, next the meandered deep into the forests of Saxony to England, and across the most dangerous ocean in the world to us. They...
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Presidents Revealed – Not Saved By The Bell

Less than four months after taking office the President was on his way to a summer retreat on the New Jersey seashore to celebrate the nations birthday. He planned to make a brief stop to give a speech at Williams College, his alma mater. The newly inaugurated President arrived at the Washington Railroad Depot at...
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ARMED FORCES DAY

Today, on Armed Services Day, we express our humble and profound gratitude for all those currently serving together with all those who have served our republic in the past. The tremendous sacrifices both you and your loved ones have made on our behalf is truly inspiring and appreciated. President Truman signed the observance into law...
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