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by Philip Giraldi

03/17/11

On the anniversary of his birthday, it once was the custom to read in the United States House of Representatives all of George Washingtons Farewell Address. The tradition lost its immediacy with the passage of time and ceased during the 1970s, when Washingtons endorsement of a free republic that assiduously avoided the quarrels of others became increasingly irrelevant to an America mired in Vietnam that was moving in the opposite direction at breakneck speed. I had hoped that the custom might be revived this year by some of the tea partiers, but, alas, could not find a congressman willing to take the lead to honor our first president...

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