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Rescuing the Declaration of Independence - How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America (Hardcover)
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Rescuing the Declaration of Independence - How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America (Hardcover)
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He saved the words that built America! Emmy Award-winning
journalist Anna Crowley Redding and Sibert Honor illustrator Edwin
Fotheringham bring to life the riveting true story about the lowly
clerk who saved the Declaration of Independence from being
destroyed by the British army in the War of 1812. This nonfiction
picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling,
in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It's a fun way to learn to
read and as a supplement for activity books for children. "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness." These are the words that helped found our nation. Today
the Declaration of Independence is one of the United States' most
heavily guarded treasures, but during the War of 1812 it would have
been destroyed if not for one man whose story has nearly been
forgotten by time. Come along on this historic adventure and learn
how one ordinary clerk did a truly extraordinary thing. As a clerk
for the State Department, Stephen Pleasonton spent his days quietly
immersed in paperwork. He never expected to receive an urgent
message telling him that the British army was on its way to the
capital. And that the documents that Stephen was entrusted
with--such as the original Declaration of Independence and the
original Constitution--were all in danger! It fell on Stephen to
get our nation's most cherished and priceless artifacts safely out
of Washington!
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