forefathers
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After he finished reading, he'd talked to the children for 15 minutes about something called "The National Monument to the Forefathers," a miniature statue of which he'd placed on the table behind him.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023
Forefathers like Bruce and Pryor reveled in infiltrating the mainstream with beliefs so progressive about sex, race, and culture as to be dangerous.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2019
Riffing on Forefathers and Mothers “COMING out as a Barbra Streisand fan was way more embarrassing than coming out as a lesbian,” the painter Deborah Kass said on a recent morning in her Brooklyn studio.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2012
In Plymouth, the memorial is the National Monument to the Forefathers, located within walking distance of downtown.
From Time Magazine Archive
During 1833 he wrote a continuation of The Forefathers, in an entirely different tone from that of his youthful poem of ten years before.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall
