February 22 hit me rather hard this year. There are two birthdays that fall on that date which always had a great significance for me, growing up in the 1960s and 70s: those of George Washington and Lord Baden-Powell. Now, at first glance the first president of the United States and the founder of Boy Scouting may seem to have little in common. But alongside Irving Berlin, Norman Rockwell, the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion, in many ways these two gentlemen helped to define the country in which I was born and raised.
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What it means to love America
february 22 hit me rather hard this year. there are two birthdays that fall on that date which always had a great significance for me, ...
Charles Coulombe
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