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peterd
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Revolutionary War Veterans Jul 2, 2012 10:06:08 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on Jul 2, 2012 10:06:08 GMT -8

On July 4, 1776, the signing of the Declaration of Independence granted the thirteen states independence from Great Britain. The Revolutionary War set the stage for the declaration, and a number of the war’s veterans are buried or memorialized at Mount Auburn. On this Independence Day, we commemorate those who risked their lives in the pursuit of liberty.

www.mountauburn.org/2012/revolutionary-war-veterans/

THE TRENCHES.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who