Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 32National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution., 1908 - Genealogy |
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... came to be written . Now why have I transcribed this for my children ? Surely not to tell them that men have lived and died , for merely to live and die is nothing . It is only noble lives A SINGLE PAGE OF HISTORY . 5.
... came to be written . Now why have I transcribed this for my children ? Surely not to tell them that men have lived and died , for merely to live and die is nothing . It is only noble lives A SINGLE PAGE OF HISTORY . 5.
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... died . Look yonder , where flies the flag with its stripes caught from the living colors of the dawn , while above them , set in their field of blue , shine those never fading stars . It was by the lives and the deeds , and the deaths ...
... died . Look yonder , where flies the flag with its stripes caught from the living colors of the dawn , while above them , set in their field of blue , shine those never fading stars . It was by the lives and the deeds , and the deaths ...
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... died , and no as- sistance could be obtained . So after much suffering and im- prisonment Wieser planned a new exodus , which resulting in failure for himself , as all his projects had proven since he left Europe , was , in the end , a ...
... died , and no as- sistance could be obtained . So after much suffering and im- prisonment Wieser planned a new exodus , which resulting in failure for himself , as all his projects had proven since he left Europe , was , in the end , a ...
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... died in their youth . He reared his children in the fear and love of God . He died in the sixty - fifth year of his life , possessed of nearly one thousand acres of land , which were shared among his children , and the sons naturally ...
... died in their youth . He reared his children in the fear and love of God . He died in the sixty - fifth year of his life , possessed of nearly one thousand acres of land , which were shared among his children , and the sons naturally ...
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... dying of disease , covered with filth , crowding for places at the tiny windows to breathe God's free air . There are the soldiers retreating from Philadelphia to Valley Forge , leaving their footprints marked by blood on the snow ...
... dying of disease , covered with filth , crowding for places at the tiny windows to breathe God's free air . There are the soldiers retreating from Philadelphia to Valley Forge , leaving their footprints marked by blood on the snow ...
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Page 295 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 295 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. While God is marching on.
Page 20 - Through storm and night ; When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of winds and wave, Do thou our country save, By thy great might. 2 For her our prayer shall rise To God above the skies ; On him we wait ; Thou who hast heard each sigh, Watching each weeping eye, Be thou forever nigh ; — God save the state ! 86 ANNIVERSARY.
Page 125 - A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, over the face of the leader came ; the nobler nature within him stirred to life at that woman's deed and word. "Who touches a hair of yon gray head dies like a dog ! March on !
Page 549 - I know not which Corps I have the greatest reason to be pleased with, Muhlenberg's Virginians, or the North Carolina troops — they are both equally alert, zealous and spirited.
Page 281 - Oct. 6, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Dec.
Page 334 - Leave me but a banner to plant upon the mountains of Augusta, and I will rally around me the men who will lift our bleeding country from the dust, and set her free.
Page 279 - Be sure that, when purchasing your going ticket, you request a certificate. Do not make the mistake of asking for a receipt. (2) Present yourself at the railroad station for ticket and certificate at least thirty minutes before departure of train.
Page 119 - I forget that the very soil on which I live in my western home was once owned by this venerable commonwealth as much as the soil on which I now stand. Her laws there once prevailed, and all her institutions were there established as they are here. Not only my own state of Indiana, but also four other great states in the northwest, stand as enduring and lofty monuments of Virginia's magnanimity and princely liberality. Her donation to the general government made them sovereign states ; and since God...
Page 167 - Credentials reported favorably on the applications of the following gentlemen for membership, and on motion the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot...