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Identifier: ourcountryinstor00fran (find matches)
Title: Our country in story
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.)
Subjects: United States -- History America -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nd laying her wasted hand upon the noble headbowed to her shoulder, she told him that Heavens andhis mothers blessing would always be with him. Heparted tenderly with her at the door and then hastenedaway with a sad misgiving in his strong, loving heart.He never saw her again. She was tenderly laid at rest afew months later when he was far away in New York withno electric wires nor railroad trains to call and bring himback in due time to receive his mothers dying blessing. After leaving his mother, Washington hastened to NewYork to assume the duties of his new charge. All alonghis journey he was shown the greatest honors. There ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC 159 were joyous music and ringing of bells. Great crowds ofpeople met him everywhere, singing and cheering andbearing flowers to strew before him. These loud rejoic-ings, however, were painful to him. Not that he did notvalue the love and confidence of his people, but he shrankfrom the important and difficult duties imposed upon him.
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WASHINGTON ENTERING NEW YORK For, as the first President of the young nation, Washing-ton was expected not only to govern that still unsettlednation wisely, but also to shape it into a successful repub-lic, such as had never been heard of before. Notwith-standing, the great man entered resolutely upon his dutiesas first President of the United States on April 30, 1789.His faith in God, in himself, and in his people made himequal to the task. Thus the Virginia bank of the Potomac gave our nationits first political head. Sincere good wishes and assur- 160 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY ances of good will soon came to this illustrious chief fromthe Maryland bank of the river in the form of a letterwritten in behalf of the Catholics of the United States.Washington was greatly pleased with this letter andwrote a worthy answer in return. It closed with thesewords: I thank you, gentlemen, for your kind concernfor me. And may the members of your society in Amer-ica, animated alone by the pure spirit of

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