National Treasure: Progress and the Past
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James Cremer, Old Liberty Bell – 1776, ca. 1873.
James Cremer, Old Liberty Bell – 1776,
ca. 1873.
This narrative purports the affluence and strength of late 19th-century America was an outcome of a divinely-ordained, continual metaphoric road. Beginning in the time of the Old Testament, it culminated with the industrialization of the United States and American imperialism. This heritage makes the American citizen both uniquely blessed and representative of all of humanity.
