Addresses (Classic Reprint)
Phelan, Mayor James D. Excerpt from AddressesMore than one hundred years have passed since the death of Washington, and he is today the central figure in American history. The judgment of his contempo raries has been approved by subsequent generations, and his birthday is the rallying point of freedom in every land. He typifies honesty, courage, character, the love of country and the love of liberty, as does no other soldier-statesman of which the world has a record...