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Somerville Republican City Committee

April 24, 2014

Title: Somerville Republican City Committee Date: August 7, 1918 Location: Somerville, MA Context: Massachusetts Governor Coolidge gives strong support for the equal rights of African Americans and for the American effort in fighting World […]

Tags: Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Germany, patriotism, Republican Party, War, World War One

Fairhaven

April 24, 2014

Title: Fairhaven Date: July 4, 1918 Location: Fairhaven, MA Context: A welcome of Japanese Viscount Ishii and his gift of a Samurai sword (Original document available here) We have met on this anniversary […]

Tags: call of humanity, Captain Whitefield, determination, Duty, International Relations, Japan, Kindness, obligation, sword

Bunker Hill Day

April 24, 2014

Title: Bunker Hill Day Date: June 17, 1918 Location: Roxbury, MA Context: A speech on reverence and patriotism throughout our foreign affairs given at Roxbury Historical Society (Original document available here) Reverence […]

Tags: Barbarism, Bunker Hill, civilization, Divine Law, Equality, freedom, George Washington, God, Heroes, History, Law of the Jungle, Liberty, military, Morality, patriot, patriotism, preparedness, Privilege, Prussia, Renaissance, Revolutionary War, rights, Sacrifice, Super-man, Tyranny, War, World War I

Message for the Boston Post

April 24, 2014

Title: Message for the Boston Post Date: April 22, 1918 Location: Boston, MA Context: Letter to the Boston Post newspaper as large numbers of American troops were being deployed to Europe, a little […]

Tags: Faith, justice, moral power, patriotism, War

Amherst Alumni Dinner

April 24, 2014

Title: Amherst College Alumni Dinner Date: March 15, 1918 Location: Springfield, Massachusetts Context: Addressing Amherst Alumni on what the College does for America and for its students (Original document available here) The individual may […]

Tags: civilization, Democracy, enduring, freedom, higher institutions of learning, Liberty, mankind, military service, moral power, moral victory, obligation, War

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