From Rediscovering America - How the National Holidays Tell an Amazing Story about Who We Are. Scott Powell. 2022. Kindle online sample.
From introduction:
Ever wonder why everyone wants to immigrate to America?
Rediscovering America answers that question, and it’s like no other history you have ever read.
More than an account of people, dates, and events, THIS STORY IS ABOUT THE HIDDEN HAND OF A PURPOSEFUL HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICA where the main actors are colorful characters, participating in an American drama of little known but remarkable events where overcoming incredible odds of failure is more unbelievable and engaging than fiction.
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While each chapter is a stand-alone tale—some quite wild—about what is behind each of the American holidays, the page- and chapter-turning appeal of Rediscovering America is in the narratives that link the holiday stories together, REVEALING AN ACCOUNT OF PROGRESS AND REDEMPTION IN AMERICA COVERING OVER FOUR HUNDRED YEARS—never before told in a concise and readable book.
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From book sample:
Rediscovering America is like no other book because of its approach to the central issue of our time—that OUR COUNTRY IS NOW IN A FIGHT FOR ITS LIFE.
A hydra-headed war of ideas is being waged by enemies of America to undermine our heritage and divide our people so as to bring an end to life in our constitutional republic as we and generations before us have known it.
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This book was written to defeat these enemies of our republic by equipping readers from every walk of life to get connected to the great accomplishments and the arc of redemption that punctuate and define our history.
AMERICANS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WHO SHARED A SIMILAR GREATNESS OF MORAL VISION and believed in the beauty of freedom and equality sacrificed their all so that this nation might be protected, guided, and healed.
We are called to do no less.
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Many readers will find the stories in the narrative inspire them like a call to action.
Most will find the book transcends the history genre.
Almost every chapter has elements of the spiritual and self-help genre with many stories of successful and inspirational figures.
Other readers have commented REDISCOVERING AMERICA ACTUALLY PROVIDED A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE BY CONNECTING THEM WITH THE GREATNESS OF A PURPOSE-DRIVEN PAST, where individuals accomplished amazing things, and affirmed their own self-worth by making life better for so many others.
In short, Rediscovering America is much more than a history about people who came before us.
To the extent we are shaped by what our forebears did to contribute to and form our present world, this is a book about the here and now.
It may be a bit trite, but there is no denying WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE US.
This book reveals the variety of virtues that made those people successful, which in turn can help you understand the qualities of character to direct or redirect your own life, calling, and journey.
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Unlike many historical accounts that often exceed five hundred or more pages, this book delivers what you need to know in some 237 pages.
And whether you are a descendant of a lineage that has been in America for generations or you are a newcomer immigrant, THIS BOOK WILL TELL YOU SUCCINCTLY WHAT HAS MADE AMERICA GREAT, why it is irreplaceable, and how you can tap into and build on that greatness.
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In spite of missteps and setbacks in America, the results have been profoundly positive over the long term—from the exploration and colonial period, the war for independence, to victory in two world wars and a cold war.
The United States has survived and thrived, BECOMING A BEACON OF FREEDOM AND A MAGNET FOR IMMIGRANTS SEEKING MORE OPPORTUNITY AND A BETTER LIFE.
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Through it all, engaged Americans have had the opportunity to gain clarity about the basis for freedom, equality, and the real meaning of progress—often more from their struggles and failures than from their material and business successes.
What you may have thought were random and disjointed events turn out to be developments, accumulation of knowledge, and transitions that make sense and EXPLAIN WHY THE IDEAS OF AMERICA BEING A LAND OF PERPETUAL OPPORTUNITY, PROGRESS, AND HOPE ARE SO ENDURING.
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It’s no secret most academic historians approach their teaching and writing from a secular perspective.
Few of them seem comfortable in exploring the spiritual ideas and motivations behind the movers and shakers of history, even though most of those movers left behind voluminous writings, correspondence, and diaries of their beliefs. THIS BOOK UNAPOLOGETICALLY EXPLORES THOSE SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, FOR THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE and explains their chosen course of action.
In addition, the book’s narrative includes the recounting of happenings that fall into the category of providential miracles—events that actually occurred for which there is unassailable evidence, but no plausible explanation for how those events happened.
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In this book, you will learn THE AMAZING STORY OF HOW AMERICA’S FOUNDING WAS ENTIRELY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF EVERY OTHER NATION IN HUMAN HISTORY.
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Whereas other nations came into being from an evolution of tribes, clans, ethnic and religious groups, from royalty and blood lineage, the inevitabilities of language, tradition, geography, or from the results of war where the victors carve up the vanquished, AMERICA’S FOUNDING WAS COMPLETELY BORN OF NOBLE IDEAS: that all people of are equal value, that each has been given by God certain rights that cannot be taken away by any man or earthly authority, and that those rights combine to create and protect a thing called freedom in life.
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Up until recently, most Americans have taken it for granted they were free to pursue happiness, free to worship God, free to speak publicly of their views, and, of course, free to choose their leaders.
BUT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A PROGRESSION OF EVENTS AND A CONTINUING ORCHESTRATION OF EVEN MORE RADICAL MEASURES THAT PUT ALL OF THAT AT GRAVE RISK.
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We can all now see the woke agenda, which includes destroying the American people’s connection to their heritage.
What started out as REVISIONIST HISTORY BEING INTRODUCED TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM SIXTY YEARS AGO HAS BECOME BLATANT ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA and critical race theory indoctrination.
It’s been a short step from the shutdown of schools and the economy in the 2020-2021 response to the Covid-19 viral epidemic to young activists and militants tearing down and defacing historical monuments and engaging in the most widespread rioting, looting, and the most costly destruction of property (with the exception of the cost of the Civil War in the South) in American history.
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Then there has been the SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES’ ANNIHILATION OF PEOPLE’S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS by imposing and enforcing new levels of mass censorship, blacklisting and cancellation of people—including the President of the United States—and even blocking public access to life-saving health information.
And with the willfully orchestrated voting irregularities, the politicization of the judiciary, and the near destruction of the separation of powers, the United States now faces unprecedented challenges to its survival.
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America has overcome many daunting challenges throughout its past, often waking up at the eleventh hour before taking action and prevailing.
One would hope there would be a consensus around protecting American citizens’ freedom and saving the United States as a beacon of liberty in the world.
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR THAT REASON, A BIT LIKE PAUL REVERE’S RIDE TO WAKE UP AND WARN THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONISTS THE BRITISH WERE COMING.
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As you will discover in subsequent chapters and pages, our two greatest presidents, GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BOTH BELIEVED IF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD FALTER AND BE DEFEATED, IT WOULD COME NOT FROM AN INVASION FROM OVERSEAS, BUT RATHER FROM WITHIN—from party faction, moral corruption, and the internal enemies of the country and its Constitution, who would likely plot and operate inside U.S. borders, undoubtedly with the help of foreign ideologies and foreign adversaries.
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May this work instill the reader with a greater appreciation for our amazing heritage and the sources of strength that have kept us free.
It was Winston Churchill who took from Aristotle when he said, “COURAGE IS RIGHTLY ESTEEMED THE FIRST OF HUMAN QUALITIES…BECAUSE IT IS THE QUALITY WHICH GUARANTEES ALL OTHERS.”
Think of this book also as clarion call to help those you know to get out of denial about our enemies foreign and domestic, and push back against these forces and enemy antagonists with dispatch and courage, and proceed with the skill and cunning of the destroyers, but with none of their malice.
(end of section 1)
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(own comments)
“We have experienced a progression of events and a continuing orchestration of even more radical measures that put all of that at grave risk.”
“George Washington and Abraham Lincoln both believed if the United States should falter and be defeated, it would come not from an invasion from overseas, but rather from within, undoubtedly with the help of foreign ideologies and foreign adversaries.”
Zat imminent defeat being implemented by dem leftist misery-wuvvers with the help of Xi-China.
(always some edits…)
We and They see and know the negative anti-economy grow, penury-equality-aspiring misery-wuvver (we’re united victims and victimizers) demi-commie 蛇 hebi blue socialists here and everywhere…
-have been disappointed by the past repeated failures of masochistic sadistic satanistic odd dead old world socialism dictatorship
-to defeat God’s living New World capitalism HATtrs Turn-round-squares ship
-then take hold and wrest freedom, prosperity, and happy from We in the U.S.
-and finally drive All everywhere in here and out there down to total Old misery
To dem wut socialism’s successful allure has been is zat always brings more misery.
To dem, socialism’s failure has been it has not yet been able to blanket, carpet, cement and spread oll over Earth zeir dead negative anti-God certain-other-wuvver’s (satan’s) Zat rot.
Dem downlooking omrondles know zei needn’t try to force full socialism here, only need to gain ground, to distract, soften, weaken, corrupt, bankrupt and hollow out America.
This will give confidence to and allow the Xi-China shapeless-form mafia to take wut zei have gathered from coincidence and use to catch, pass, suppress and swallow U.S.
Total toasting boasting downlookers’ king wuvver victimizer “ChinaXi” then can easily blanket under and carpet over U.S. and take All us down with oll dem to zeir satan’s certain final goal: to Xi-adored, protected and coddled model of Kim-North Korea.
In Kim-North Korea zeir own misery-wuvver 47.5% negatives + 5% quark shapeless-form mafia have cowed, overpowered, subsumed and doomed zeir 47.5% happy-lover positives and secured total control of We All, conditioned, captured, and imprisoned in zeir full country prison complete-misery socialism nation satisfaction.
Soon, at last, the misery wuvvers here and everywhere will have zeir mirth of oll zat covering Earth and universe.
wHAT’s Happening?!?!
But, sorry, zeir certain adored dour wuvver is going out the door, We will Turn on dem.
HAT last HATtrs will Turn round squares, and We be All over now hebi blue.
We’ll All and oll go together.
(Byrds songs It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, What’s Happening?!?!, Eight Miles High, Wild Mountain Thyme, and Don McLean’s American Pie)
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