Monthly Archives: July 2014

9/11 Memorial and Museum

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Donald R. Shaffer

Your humble blogger at the 9/11 Memorial (North Tower pool) on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The 9/11 Museum is in the far background behind the trees. Every now and then I devote this blog to an off-topic post. This post … Continue reading →

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Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? (Repost)

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Donald R. Shaffer

My all-time favorite Frederick Douglass speech is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass delivered this address in Rochester, N.Y., on July 5, 1852. In it, Douglass attacked the hypocrisy of a holiday celebrating freedom when millions … Continue reading →

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