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Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Memorial Arch in Valley Forge Park

Governor Martin C. Brumbaugh formally accepts, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the care and keeping of the Memorial Arch at Valley...

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Presentation of the Memorial Arch to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Honorable Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, presents the Memorial Arch to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Valley...

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Speech Excerpt from the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the Yorktown Monument

Excerpt from the address of Robert C. Winthrop during the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Yorktown Monument on October 19, 1881. ORATION. MR...

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Speech Excerpts from the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the Saratoga Monument

Two excerpts from speeches delivered by Horatio Seymour and George William Curtis during the ceremony that laid the first cornerstone of the Saratoga...

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Dedication Speech for the Bennington Battle Monument

Dedication speech for the Benning Battle Monument delivered by E. J. Phelps on August 19, 1891, in honor of the Battle of Bennington on August 16...

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Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Bunker Hill Monument

Oration delivered by Daniel Webster to dedicate the Bunker Hill Monument on June 17, 1843. This uncounted multitude before me and around me proves the...

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Dedication Speech Delivered by Warren G. Harding for the the Princeton Battle Monument

The Dedication speech for the Princeton Battle Monument was delivered by President Warren G. Harding’s on June 9, 1922, in honor of the Battle of...

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Boston Port Act of 1774

The Boston Port Act closed the Port from all commerce and ordered the citizens of Boston to pay a large fine to compensate for the tea thrown into the...

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Parliament - An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18, 1766

Passed on March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act, which required all paper goods to be taxed, caused an uproar in the American Colonies. Many colonists...

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Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed materials to generate revenue to pay for the British soldiers stationed in the American colonies after the French...