Show Patriotism and Friendship though the shortest month of the is otic of the most significant of all During this brief Americans remember cherish the span on the of the greatest men produced the lives and precepts of two by this nation Washington and Though these upon the stage of American history were as far apart as the poles in social in and in one of them fought to carve a unified nation from a political whereas the other battled to save that nation from While one was th father of this the other became the To the extent that it has departed from principle upon which Washington founded the and welded It the from those upon which Lincoln United States has been weakened within its own borders and possibly in its dealings with other The time now is at hand when Americans should embrace once more those immutable precepts which brought tills nation into existence and preserved it through many only is February a month replete with patriotic but it also is a time of reaffirmation of friendship and St. Valentine's Day calls to mind those who are dear to us those who have contributed to the richness and color of our own lives those who mean most to us as friends and loved This is the time for expressing appreciation to those who have showered our pathway with happiness as we have traveled along together over the highway of |