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Within the hall it was 4:00 p.m. Brilliant electric lights gave the effect of daylight; the Continental Congress assembled?Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Henry Lee, et al. Last to stride in among the famed patriots was John Hancock. In stentorian tones he called for order. "In accordance with Colonial custom" the proceedings were carried out and the Declaration of Independence was signed again...
...Lewis Hancock received word of the death of her second husband, the Lieutenant Commander. Her first husband had been killed when the uR2 exploded over England...
...Every school child knows the prowess of George Washington, but few grown men know what a fortunate accident he was. The Continental Congress chose him to head our Armies only as a matter of politics. His military record was unknown. John Hancock and Artemus Ward wanted to command but, to appease the South, George Washington, the "quiet husband of the richest woman in America," was chosen, regardless of qualifications, to lead our Armies. Similarly, LaFayette was made a Major General for his zeal, his illustrious family, his connections...
...following are the 19 members of the class who have married: Walter Amory, to Elizabeth Lowell Hancock Cole, August 25, 1923; Aaron Morsey Angenitzky, to Rebecca E. Cherkassky, March 14, 1922; Dominick Bianchi, to Edith Tarossj, August 19, 1922; Thomas Morrison Carnegie Jr., to Dorothy Duncan, June 26, 1922; Tung Liang Chang, to Suzanne Wang; Charles Cary Colt, to Amy Lee, December 4, 1923; Thomas Roscoe Conklin, to Jane Elizabeth Waters, June 28, 1923; Newcomb Fuller, to Pauline Eddy, December 29, 1923; Lloyd Francis Harris, to Dorothy Harriet Daniels, June 12, 1923; Walter Hamor Piston, to Kathryn Nason, September...
...demand that "unadulterated and undiluted American history" be taught in American schools, as opposed to the emasculated history has been introduced no generally... robbing democracy of its most precious heritage." If by undiluted history is meant a broadcasting of facts such as the smuggling operations of John Hancock, there is no occasion for criticism, but the tone of the resolution suggests a plea for the hurrah type of American history upon which much of the patriotism off American youth has been...