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The Apex
The Apex of this 250th Year William P Duncan July 4th is the high point of our semiquincentennial year. In this month of July we will hear from Thomas Jefferson (of course), Charles Bent, General William Ashley, and Zenas Leonard. … Continue reading
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What is so Rare…
Purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-America-Again-Quotations-Explorers/dp/B0GCZ7RCDB/ William P Duncan What is so rare as a day in June? Asked the poet James Russell Lowell. Now that June is nearly half over, the days have become even more rare! (The cartoonist Walt Kelly… Continue reading
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Jamestown May 14
Although they made their first landfall on April 26, May 14 1607 was the date when the first settlers established their colony at Jamestown – including my distant ancestor John Price. Journal America250:Discovering America Again: Daily Quotations from the Explorers:… Continue reading
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Hurry!!! Book is on Sale!!!
In honor of my children’s birthdays, I am dropping the price for the paperback book from 20.26 to 17.76 from now until June 1!!! Price will return to 20.26 after June 1. Come and get it! Discovering America Again: Daily… Continue reading
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Yes, You May!
William P Duncan Our review for May is a few days late, but very interesting. May is National Inventors Month, so we have turned our sights to explorers of a different kind: those who explored what is possible in this… Continue reading
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April Suffers No Fools
William P Duncan Looking forward to our quotable explorers and pioneers for April, we will hear from some Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin and George Washington), then from some of their contemporaries in the far West of North America (the Spanish… Continue reading
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Female Explorers
William Pugh Duncan This month of March is Women’s History Month so we have quoted a few female explorers and pioneers. Exploration and danger were not seen as appropriate for women in these previous centuries, so there were not women… Continue reading
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Sunday Sermons
William P Duncan This month of February we happen to quote some “Men of God” who were part of the early exploration of the USA. There is Thomas Hooker, leader of the Connecticut Colony; Roger Williams, exiled from Massachusetts to… Continue reading
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Celebrating the Semiquincentennial: Guided Journaling through 2026
Highlighting Lesser Known Explorers William Pugh Duncan The year 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 1776: the semiquincentennial. There are many events planned across the country, most of them around the date of… Continue reading
Discovering America Again 