National Treasure: Progress and the Past
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Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pa., ca. 1870.
This text contrasting modern and historic, Quaker Philadelphia emphasizes the virtue (an allusion to the Religious Society of Friends’ association with piety and humility) to be gained from remembering the history of the nation. This exposition, playing on the sentiment of American patriotism, acknowledges an inherent thread tying the past, present, and future together. Historical recollection and contemporary nationalism are closely connected.
