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		<title>Winston Churchill &#8211; Their Finest Hour June 18, 1940 House of Commons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 07:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on the Meuse. This delay entailed the loss of fifteen or sixteen French divisions &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/winston-churchill-their-finest-hour-june-18-1940-house-of-commons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln September 22, 1862</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Proclamation. I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the states, and the people &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/preliminary-emancipation-proclamation-abraham-lincoln-september-22-1862/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Reagan &#8211; The Evil Empire Speech At The National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reverend clergy all, Senator Hawkins, distinguished members of the Florida congressional delegation, and all of you: I can&#8217;t tell you how you have warmed my heart with your welcome. I&#8217;m delighted to be here today. Those of you in the National Association of Evangelicals are known for your spiritual and humanitarian work. And I would &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/ronald-reagan-the-evil-empire-speech-at-the-national-association-of-evangelicals-in-orlando-florida/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Reagan &#8220;Tear Down This Wall&#8221; June 12, 1987</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the City Hall. Well, since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn, to Berlin. And today I, myself, make my second visit to your &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/ronald-reagan-tear-down-this-wall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winston Churchill &#8220;We Shall Fight on the Beaches&#8221; House of Commons June 4, 1940</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved the British and French Armies who had entered Belgium at the appeal of the Belgian King; but this strategic &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/winston-churchill-we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches-house-of-commons-june-4-1940/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Gettysburg Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>VReal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://historystuff.net/the-gettysburg-address/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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