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"Imprinted: Illustrating Race," on view at the Norman Rockwell Museum through the end of October, answers in a sprawling exhibit that covers 400 years of illustrated history with some 300 ....
Sages, Saints, and Surprises: Some Writing That Shaped America Since the 18th century, the printed word has influenced the course of American history. From the founding of the United States, its literacy rates were higher than the countries of Europe. In his article “The Spread of Education Before Compulsion,” Edwin West of the Foundation for Economic Education writes that by 1800, literacy among white American males had reached almost 90 percent. In 1828, the United States sported 50 universities and 600 newspapers and journals. As West tells us, one writer reported that year, “With us a newspaper is the fare of almost every meal in almost every family.” ....
Plymouth Monument Stands as a Beacon [PHIL-OSOPHY] Exactly 400 years ago today, December 18, a small congregation of God-fearing religious radicals who had escaped from Europe to the New World stepped ashore in Plymouth, Massachusetts in the hopes of bringing into existence a more spiritual, moral and wise society. The famous Mayflower story is key to understanding our way out of our nation s troubles and setbacks. In Plymouth, overlooking the ocean and peering towards Plymouth, England, stands what s thought to be the world s largest, not attached, solid-granite monument in the world, and yet surprisingly unknown! Created as a testimonial to the Pilgrims, the 81-foot tall National Monument to the Forefathers provides us with the framework of fixing the issues and perplexities tearing apart America. ....