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Holding America to Its Ideals

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2022

Whitman and Hughes, together, remind us of the American promise.

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A Nation’s Strength: Truth and Honor

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2021

Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks to America’s core ideals in “A Nation’s Strength.” Now we just have to honor them.

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Learning to Love America

By Robin Bates | Published: July 4, 2014

A poem for the 4th of July on how immigrants come to love America.

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