Book/Printed Material I am an American,
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- Date: 1918
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Image 2 of I am an American, I pfl Class. Book.. Z£ ^3. Gojpght^ _^IE-^- COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
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Image 7 of I am an American, I AM AN AMERICAN BY SARA CONE ERYANT (Mrs. Theodore F. Borst) Author of Hozv to Tell Stories to Children, Stories to Tell to Children, etc. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 8 of I am an American, ETr COPYRIGHT, I91S, BY SARA BRYANT BORST ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published November iqi8 LI* NOV 20 1918 ©CI.A506655- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 9 of I am an American, CONTENTS I. MY COUNTRY 1 II. WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT? 6 III. HOW A MONARCHY BEGINS 9 IV. MY GOVERNMENT 12 V. MY CITY 15 VI. HOW WE VOTE 13 VII. MY...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 10 of I am an American, iv CONTENTS XXIII. MY MOTHER TONGUE 85 XXIV. THE TONGUE OF TREASON 90 XXV. WHEN CUBA WAS SET FREE 95 XXVI. HOW COUNTRIES LIVE TOGETHER .100 XXVII. WHAT THE NATIONS PROMISED .104...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 11 of I am an American, MY COUNTRY ONE day in the winter of 1917 the men on a ship of the American Navy looked out over the gray waves of the Atlantic Ocean and saw a lifeboat...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 12 of I am an American, 2 I AM AN AMERICAN The American sailors lifted the Chinaman on board their ship and hurried to get warm clothes and hot tea for him. But to their surprise he would...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 13 of I am an American, MY COUNTRY 3 German officer, Those women do not look like peasants. The German officer said that all the women in that part of the country dressed very well. He wanted to...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 14 of I am an American, 4 I AM AN AMERICAN and glad and thankful. But not many of us know how much reason we have to be proud and glad and thankful. In all the world to-day...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 15 of I am an American, MY COUNTRY 5 with public money, it is kept warm and clean with public money, and the teacher is paid with public money. Public means belonging to the people. Every one in...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 16 of I am an American, II THE Stars and Stripes fly over the White House in Washington because the President of the United States lives there, and the President is the head of our Government. The Stars...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 17 of I am an American, WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT? 7 As soon as the families have made houses to live in, the fathers and mothers will say, Our children must be educated, they must have teachers. But...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 18 of I am an American, 8 I AM AN AMERICAN ilies the most comfort. They choose another com- mittee for this. They read the laws to the families, and the families say, We will obey the laws....- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 19 of I am an American, Ill WE have just seen a republican government when it is small and new. Now let us look at a monarchy, when it is small and new. One family moves away into...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 20 of I am an American, 10 I AM AN AMERICAN and he has no sons. He has brought a cow with him. The first family goes in the night and steals the cow. When the man tries...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 21 of I am an American, HOW A MONARCHY BEGINS 11 charge of the army. His other son manages the crops and the workers. The three make a law that every man must take turns standing guard over...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 22 of I am an American, IV I AM an American. I am a citizen of the American Republic, first and greatest in the world. My country is a Union of Free States, under one central government which...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 23 of I am an American, MY GOVERNMENT 13 Each State has its own capital city with a capital building called a State House, where the State Gov- ernment meets. Each city in a State has a City...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 24 of I am an American, 14 I AM AN AMERICAN of our Government. This was called the Constitution of the United States, and it has made our country the happiest and safest country in the world. Wash-...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 25 of I am an American, THE Stars and Stripes fly over the City Hall in my city. The City Government, with the Mayor as its head, meets there to manage the city business. The Mayor is chosen...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 26 of I am an American, 16 I AM AN AMERICAN ones built. Teachers have to be chosen, books have to be bought, janitors have to be hired. Coal has to be bought, and many other things. Most...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 27 of I am an American, MY CITY 17 Mayor can waste your father s money and a dis- honest committee can use the town s money for itself. When money is wasted in bad streets that have...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 28 of I am an American, VI ALL the choosing of men and committees is done by voting, by the ballot. We hear a great deal about the ballot box, and the power of the vote. The vote...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 29 of I am an American, HOW WE VOTE 19 places to cast their ballot. Some of the places are schools, but some are funny little buildings, like a portable garage, set up in the street. When your...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 30 of I am an American, 20 I AM AN AMERICAN This way of voting was first planned out and used in Australia, and is called the Australian Ballot. It is also sometimes called the direct, secret vote....- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 31 of I am an American, HOW WE VOTE 21 the majority rule, the Government cannot be any- better than the majority of the people are. So we can see it is most important that the majority of...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 32 of I am an American, VII THE American flag is red, white, and blue. It is easy to see from far off, as all flags must be. It is a beautiful flag. The citizens of every country...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 33 of I am an American, MY FLAG 23 I must always respect the flags of other countries, and remember that they are dear to their citizens, i just as the Stars and Stripes are dear to me....- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 34 of I am an American, 24 I AM AN AMERICAN keep it as clean as now. So far as I can help, it shall never be raised over a war for gain or cruelty, but only to...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 35 of I am an American, j DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE VIII THE American flag was born in freedom and honor in the War of the American Revolution. That was a hard and bitter time. The people who gave...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 36 of I am an American, 26 I AM AN AMERICAN they were a strong people and made the best of what they could not help. Winter and loneliness and hard work they took cheerfully. But something came...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 37 of I am an American, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 27 deciding the taxes. Taxation without representation is tyranny. Those words are important; they are a principle of free government. The colonists believed this principle so firmly that they...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 38 of I am an American, 28 I AM AN AMERICAN free country, and if any country interfered it would fight for those rights. It should be called the United States of America. In every country there were...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 39 of I am an American, s IX ENGLAND sent an army to get back her colo- nies. And the colonists fought. Eight long years the war went on. The English Government sent more than fifty thousand soldiers...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918
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Image 40 of I am an American, 30 I AM AN AMERICAN masters, and these Germans crossed the ocean under English leaders. We may be sure these poor German soldiers did not want to fight against us. They had...- Contributor: Bryant, Sara Cone
- Date: 1918