Tag Archives: July 4th

Whitman Celebrates a Diverse America

America’s strength as always lain in its diversity, as Walt Whitman well knew. “I Sing America” is a great poem to read on July 4th.

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Hughes’s Message More Urgent Than Ever

Langston Hughes’s call for us to return to the vision expressed in the “Declaration of Independence” is more timely than ever.

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Holding America to Its Ideals

Whitman and Hughes, together, remind us of the American promise.

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A Nation’s Strength: Truth and Honor

Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks to America’s core ideals in “A Nation’s Strength.” Now we just have to honor them.

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