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Unidentified speaker urges celebration of nation’s 200th birthday, honors WWII nurses held as POWs
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An unidentified speaker called on Americans to mark the nation’s 200th birthday and honored 81 American women held as prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II, linking the holiday to the preservation of democracy and political courage.
An unidentified speaker urged Americans to mark the nation’s 200th birthday on Monday and honored World War II nurses who were captured and held as prisoners of war in the Philippines.
The speaker linked the July 4 holiday to the wider duty of preserving democratic institutions, citing George Washington and the need for political courage in peacetime. “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps as deeply as finally staked on the experiment and trusted in the hands of the American people,” the speaker said, quoting Washington’s warning about the responsibilities of a free…
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