The View From the Castle: As Bicentennial year begins, Americans may want to renew old ideals and thus reinforce their effort to achieve fraternity

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Summary

With the beginning of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley urges Americans to celebrate with more than just fireworks and speeches. Ripley calls for a rebirth of an old idea, American fraternalism, in the sense that universal education demands the responsibility of knowledge.

Subject

Bicentennial of the American Revolution

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 6, no. 10 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • January 1976
  • 19th century

Topic

  • Anniversaries
  • Education
  • Castle View
  • History

Place

United States

Physical description

p. 6

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