Posted on 08/09/2010 8:42:27 PM PDT by BlueMoose
Pass The Tourch Of Freedom - Americas Future And Security Is In The Children - Teach Them Well
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Idioms & Phrases
pass the torch
Also, hand on the torch . Relinquish responsibilities, a tradition, practice, or knowledge to another. For example, When the company’s founder became too ill to continue, he passed the torch to his nephew . This metaphoric expression alludes to the ancient Greek torch race, in which a lighted torch was passed from one runner to the next. A translation from both Greek and Latin, the English version dates from the late 1800s
Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
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