To: FormerACLUmember
47 posted on
02/20/2006 10:31:58 AM PST by
php5
To: php5
It's actually an article written in the 1880s, probably in an excess of patriotism a la Parson Weems . . .
Snopes status: false.
Snopes leans liberal, but in this case it's correct. The language is the giveaway - it's flowery late 19th century, not the more direct language of Washington's time.
78 posted on
02/20/2006 12:28:07 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: php5
It's actually an article written in the 1880s, probably in an excess of patriotism a la Parson Weems . . .
Snopes status: false.
Snopes leans liberal, but in this case it's correct. The language is the giveaway - it's flowery late 19th century, not the more direct language of Washington's time.
79 posted on
02/20/2006 12:28:09 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: php5
That is an excellent site.
To: php5
Thanks for the Link. Very good read.
92 posted on
02/20/2006 2:23:57 PM PST by
auggy
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