revolutionary war
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He was a long way from revolutionary war.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024
What is less clear to those on the outside is why a document written nearly 250 years ago in response to a revolutionary war still has such resonance in 2022.
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
An unnamed ironist had appropriated a quotation from Mao about revolutionary war as “an antitoxin” that “eliminates the enemy’s poison” and offered it as a rebuke of the solemnity of Communist propaganda.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019
During the revolutionary war of 1776, a popular production of Othello in New York City saw black and white people mingling together with unprecedented freedom.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2016
Second, when Washington spoke about the need for national unity in 1796, his message resonated with all the still-fresh memories of his conduct during the revolutionary war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
