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This Week in History, November 17-23 2014 independentsentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independentsentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thinking It Through: What is government of, by and for the people? Richard Reeb For the Victorville Daily Press Abraham Lincoln concluded his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 17, 1863, with a ringing affirmation of Americans right to govern themselves. The battlefield that raged four months earlier was commemorated with ceremonies featuring the great orator, Edward Everett, who spoke for two hours, and Lincoln, who spoke for just over two minutes. Brevity conveys high purpose more effectively than elaboration. Despite Lincoln’s certitude, the fate of government by the people was entirely in the power of contending armies to determine. Let that wartime uncertainty remind us that popular government, as our founders called it, is always on trial. It has had enemies from the beginning, be they overbearing monarchs, military conquerors, oppressive oligarchs, modern dictators or cruel slave masters. There is always an excuse for denying human beings their rights, whe ....
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To mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, a theme dominant among the significant collections of the Gennadius Library, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens organized an exhibition on American Philhellenism. Part of an important American institution that has distinguished itself in the study of Greece since 1881, the Gennadius Library focuses on the history of Greece, sο the bicentenary is a unique opportunity to explore the relations and connections between Greece and the United States during the century of revolutions. The exhibition, which will also be available online, is based on rare archival material from the Gennadeion, as well as paintings and relics of museums and private collections in Greece. ....
The contrast between President Biden’s first address to Congress last Wednesday night and the Republican response delivered by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., reminded me of another occasion between one long-winded ....