On the record
Theirs was the history of all that had been done by the Continental Congress and the Continental armies; theirs the memory of the toil and the suffering and the splendid ultimate triumph.
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This passage highlights the collective memory of Americans regarding their revolutionary history and the sacrifices made.
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