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Show A Patriotic Creed "The American's Creed," adopted by Congress in 1919, is not as well known to the citizens of the country as it should be. This creed was selected through .a contest, open to all Americans, for the purpose of securing "the best' summary of the political faith of America." The author of the successful manuscript was William Tyler Page, a descendant of President Pres-ident Tyler. The phrases composing it are taken tak-en from he Preamble and the Constitution Con-stitution of the United States, the Declaraion of Independence, the Oath cf Allegiance and from utterances utter-ances of distinguished patriots, all woven together into a complete and lofty sentiment, as follows: "I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; peo-ple; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign sov-ereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseperable; esablished upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice jus-tice and humanity for which American Ameri-can patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support, its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies." |