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Tag Archives: George Washington
Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
_______________________________________ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. – Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________ Thanksgiving – an American national holiday, where we celebrate the Pilgrims’ thanksgiving after the first harvest in their new land, right? … Continue reading
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TCS: In Their Own Words – Presidents Day 2021
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “Speech is power: speech … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, In Their Own Words - Presidents Day 2021, Presidents' Day, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: December 24, 2019
December 24th is Christmas Eve Eggnog Day * Silent Night Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Lydia Koidula, Wilton Mkwayi and Tarja Halonen, click
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Tagged Enrico Caruso, George Washington, Hawayo Hiromi Takata, Lydia Koidula, Marguerite Williams, Tarja Halonen, Wilton Mkwayi
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Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
______________________________________________________ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. – Henry David Thoreau ____________________________________________________ Thanksgiving – an American national holiday, where we celebrate the Pilgrims’ thanksgiving feast after the first harvest in their new … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims, William H Seward
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Word Cloud: ONYX (Redux)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading
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Tagged George Washington, Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Brooks Adams, Josephine Miles, Mentor, Onyx, Sardonyx, Thom Gunn
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ON THIS DAY: November 2, 2018
November 2nd is Deviled Egg Day Broadcast Traffic Directors Day * International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists * _________________________________________ MORE! Rose Bird, Harry Truman and Sofia Polgár , click
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Tagged Britta Lejon, George Washington, Harry Truman, Mahendralal Sarkar, Pauline Neville-Jones, Rose Bird, Sofia Polgár
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ON THIS DAY: September 17, 2018
September 17th is Citizenship Day U.S. Constitution Day * Monte Cristo Sandwich Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Harriet Tubman, C.P. Rogers and Lea Gottlieb, click
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Tagged C.P. Rogers, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Jose Ramon Cabañas Rodriguez, Lea Gottlieb, Rita Rudner, Tessa Jowell
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ON THIS DAY: December 24, 2017
December 24th is Christmas Eve Eggnog Day * Silent Night Day * ________________________________________________ MORE! Franz Gruber, Noel Streatfeild and Gian Carlo Menotti, click
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Tagged Enrico Caruso, Franz Gruber, George Washington, Gian Carlo Menotti, Hawayo Hiromi Takata, Noël Streatfeild, Tarja Halonen
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TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
Good Morning! _________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Elias Boudinot, George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, Sarah Josepha Hale, TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims, U.S. Constitution
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ON THIS DAY: November 2, 2017
November 2nd is Deviled Egg Day Traffic Directors Day * International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists * _________________________________________________ MORE! Margaret Sanger, Haile Selassie and k.d. lang, click
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Tagged George Washington, Haile Selassie, k.d. lang, Margaret Sanger, Peter the Great, Rose Bird, Shere Hite, Sofia Polgár
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