In the early days of the Revolution, in those darkest hours about Boston, after the Battle of Bunker Hill, and before the Declaration of Independence, the thirteen stripes had been first unfurled by him, as the emblem of Union among the Colonies for the sake of Freedom.
Sumner recalls the historical significance of the flag during the early Revolutionary period.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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