Show The Americans American's Creed Is Comprehensive Composite of Phrases from Country's Patriotic Literature N the walls waIls of one of the tho historic rooms of O ON the Capitol at Washington there is a abronze abronze abronze bronze tablet on which is embossed The liThe Americans American's Creed This tablet attracted wide wido attention because its author William Tyler Page won a n 1000 1000 prize in a n wide nation-wide competition for the tho best patriotic creed Preserved in imperishable bronze this bit of literature which contains just one hundred words promises to become a classic ranking with Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address A rather remarkable fact is that none of the wording is original with the author Instead he has mado it a comprehensive composite of the best phrases found in American patriotic literature Tho The list of great American documents and orations from which phrases phrase and sentences were so taken to make up the text of the tablet T L. J J C r. r 1 1 LT 1 T I- I t. t I 1 1 be jg mer e 3 jJ J in t e i tate of america Amenta mer ca as asa a 5 J Jv JN N v I a government of people bp tide people for people eo ie- ie just powers are from consent cons nt of t je race in tn a republic republic- 3 nation of man maup 1 states states- tAte 3 perfect uni union n o one e nb inseparable in itt separable separable- upon tto e principles of Equality Justice Rub tp for f j American patriot patriots libes I ribe libes J JI fortunes fortune I 31 therefore it is ic m mp but to mp country coun try tel to robe lobe it it Ito tKo Support its it Constitution on- on Co Co its ts emu latos O respect its frog flag flag nb to it Against ga all FYI Et enemies emie I include the tho Declaration of Independence pre preamble preamble pre pYe- amble to the Constitution the tho oath of allegiance Washington's farewell address the national anthem anthem anthem an an- them etc Tho The room in which the bronze tablet reposes is the one ono in which John Quincy Adams died and which now serves as office of the clerk of tho House of Representatives Feature Tenter F Service 1021 |