John T. Cullen's Substack Articles
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WE NEED HIM: FREDERICK DOUGLASS 1818-1895 (opens the original)
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MY PENSIVE PENThe image below is a composite I made from Wikipedia’s information for “Frederick Douglass” (all rights credited and reserved as appropriate). The house was owned by Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. The inserts are a U.S. Postage stamp and a plaque at Memorial Rock, AME Zion, Newburgh, New York State. I’ll try to post a larger image of the epitaph for clarity of reading, near bottom of this article, to show what an amazing person he was.<a class="image
TODAY: 25th ANNIVERSARY 9-11 (opens the original)
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MY PENSIVE PEN<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="23" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uS8F!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-me
LABOR DAY: CELEBRATE FDR AND LBJ (2) (opens the original)
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MY PENSIVE PEN<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1512" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IU5k!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
LABOR DAY: CELEBRATE FDR 1935 LAWS (1 of 2) (opens the original)
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MY PENSIVE PEN<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UGOa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%
REMEMBER SEPT. 11, 2001 (Article 2) (opens the original)
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MY PENSIVE PEN<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="627" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yp0v!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
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