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Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Thank you to CPT Readers for 12 years of tolerating and supporting us!

Without Readers there is no News and no challenge to find Truth.

For those of you who never heard of Coltons Point, Maryland, which is about 99% last check, I wanted to mention our town as part of a tribute to you. From November of 2016 until October of 2017, a twelve-month period, the CPT broke through the ONE MILLION readers barrier with 1,003,681 according to Google statistics.

The latest count on readers since we started was over 3.5 million last time we checked. However, one million in twelve months is not bad. This only counts identifiable web sites and earlier statistical analysis showed there could be an additional 40% from unidentified readers.

What makes this interesting is that to this day we have never allow an advertisement to run in the newspaper, never collected a single email address to sell to the world, and we allow anonymous comments to protect the readers.

As for Coltons Point, it is a village of about 300 people on the banks of the Potomac River about ten miles from the Chesapeake Bay. The Potomac is almost seven miles wide at this point. Just offshore sits St. Clement’s Island, the third landing site for colonists to America after Jamestown and Plymouth Rock.

Here they landed in 1634, 384 years ago, but unlike the other landings, this area did not disappear into obscurity by the end of the 1600’s. So today Coltons Point is the oldest continually occupied chartered community in the history of Colonial America.

It was the first territory in the world to guarantee religious freedom, the first landing of Catholics in America, the first Jesuits in America, and the only colonial settlement to never fight with the Native Americans.

The charter granted to the Calvert family by the King of England gave them all the land from Southern Maryland to Philadelphia, and nearly to New York City. So vast were the holdings that the land for our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was given to the fledgling nation by the St. Clement’s manor owners.

Today it seems little has changed over time though we are just 60 miles from the nation’s capital. We have no street lights, no stop lights, no schools, no government of any kind, no cops, no churches, no sidewalks, no sewers, no water, no road drainage, no mall, no fast food, no diners, no hotels, no EMS, no fire company, no gas stations, and no fiber optics.

Many Bald Eagles live in Coltons Point

Most cell phones do not work because the only cell phone tower several miles away was completed just a couple of years ago. Our phone system was installed in the 1950’s. For most of 400 years the people here were watermen harvesting the fresh oysters, crabs, eels, and fresh and saltwater fish since we are part of the Atlantic Ocean tidal basin with ocean tides and salt water mixing with the fresh water.

The Potomac River is seven miles wide and nearly 100 feet deep meaning it flows both directions at once during high tide. Sharks, submarines, and aircraft carriers have passed by and British troops have captured this area a couple of times. This is the area where John Wilkes Booth disappeared for a week after killing Lincoln and it is a place of miracles, mysteries, and survival. From the riverbank you can see across to Virginia to the birthplace of George Washington and birthplace of Robert E. Lee.

In fact, you should read the articles I have written about the mysterious past of Coltons Point and St. Clement’s Island (links at end of this story).

Ironically, not a single reader of the Coltons Point Times comes from Coltons Point. However, the thousands of readers do come from the USA, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, India, Italy, Australia, Germany, Israel, Saudi Arabia, a total of over 100 countries of the world.

So, thank you and I hope you tell your friends about the Coltons Point Times somewhere in America because we do not allow advertising nor do we advertise.

Jim Putnam, Publisher

Google numbers for the recent twelve months.

Coltons Point Times Readers

November 2016
Pageviews: 39,590

December 2016
Pageviews: 31,076

January 2017
Pageviews: 122,125

February 2017
Pageviews: 87,047

March 2017
Pageviews: 114,094

April 2017
Pageviews: 88,289

May 2017
Pageviews: 100,146

June 2017
Pageviews: 119,442

July 2017
Pageviews: 52,623

August 2017
Pageviews: 93,873

September 2017
Pageviews: 99,862

October 2017
Pageviews: 55,514

Total 12 months 1,003,681

(November – October)

Article links about Southern Maryland history.

Southern Maryland and St. Clements Island History

Histories Mysteries - Next King of England (Prince William) Shares St. Clements Manor, Maryland bloodline

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/histories-mysteries-next-king-of.html

Histories Mysteries - The Voyage of the Ark and the Dove

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/09/histories-mysteries-journey-of-ark-and.html

Histories Mysteries - The Landing at St. Clements Island in 1634

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2015/06/histories-mysteries-landing-at-st.html

St. Clements Island and Manor - Four Centuries of Interrupted History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/07/st-clements-island-and-manor-four.html

St. Clements Prehistory Part 1 American Colonial History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-1.html

St. Clements Prehistory Part 2 American Colonial History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-2.html

Scenes from Coltons Point

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/scenes-from-coltons-point.html

The Miracle of St. Clements Island

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2008/04/miracle-of-st-clements-island.html

Histories Mysteries - A Lighthearted View of the Pilgrims Progress in Coltons Point

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2007/02/pilgrims-progress.html

CPT Monarch Factoid - King's Stuff Headlines

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2013/07/cpt-monarch-factoid-kings-stuff.html

Histories Mysteries - The Story of John Wilkes Booth, the Black Diamond, and St. Clement's Island

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2016/04/histories-mysteries-story-of-john.html

Histories Mysteries - St. Clements Island - Coltons Point - and the mysterious 7th District in Maryland

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2015/06/histories-mysteries-st-clements-island.html

Monday, December 26, 2016

For Readers Interested in the Fascinating History of St. Clements Island, Coltons Point, and Southern Maryland

Some of us cannot get enough of history, and we know the history we read is not complete, is biased, maybe fabricated, and often contains little resemblance to truth. Actually most historians try but they have an outline or agenda that distorts the truth.

We at the Coltons Point Times have no vested interest in Southern Maryland history other than wanting it to be complete, factual, and not boring.

Thus, we have produced a series of fascinating stories about the prehistory and history of this quite sacred area, and where possible, have filled in the missing pieces from earlier works.

Submissions of the material to the St. Clements museum and other historians has failed to generate any response so you be the judge on whether our findings better explain our history. Here are the stories published to date in the Coltons Point Times and links to them.

Southern Maryland and St. Clements Island History

Histories Mysteries - Next King of England (Prince William) Shares St. Clements Manor, Maryland bloodline

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/histories-mysteries-next-king-of.html

Histories Mysteries - The Voyage of the Ark and the Dove

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/09/histories-mysteries-journey-of-ark-and.html

Histories Mysteries - The Landing at St. Clements Island in 1634

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2015/06/histories-mysteries-landing-at-st.html

St. Clements Island and Manor - Four Centuries of Interrupted History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/07/st-clements-island-and-manor-four.html

St. Clements Prehistory Part 1 Ame4rican Colonial History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-1.html

St. Clements Prehistory Part 2 American Colonial History

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-2.html

Scenes from Coltons Point

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/scenes-from-coltons-point.html

The Miracle of St. Clements Island

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2008/04/miracle-of-st-clements-island.html

Histories Mysteries - A Lighthearted View of the Pilgrims Progress in Coltons Point

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2007/02/pilgrims-progress.html

CPT Monarch Factoid - King's Stuff Headlines

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2013/07/cpt-monarch-factoid-kings-stuff.html

Histories Mysteries - The Story of John Wilkes Booth, the Black Diamond, and St. Clement's Island

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2016/04/histories-mysteries-story-of-john.html

Histories Mysteries - St. Clements Island - Coltons Point - and the mysterious 7th District in Maryland

https://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2015/06/histories-mysteries-st-clements-island.html

Histories Mysteries - A Lighthearted View of the Pilgrims Progress in Coltons Point

St. Clements Island Lighthouse - Pilgrims Rest Stop

Many of you may remember this classic work of literature by English author John Bunyan first published in 1678. He was in jail when he wrote it in 1675 for participating in religious services outside the auspices of the Church of England, the only allowable religion at the time. Well we decided to track the Pilgrims Progress here in Coltons Point as it was the first stop over of religious outcasts from England just 40 years before John Bunyan was imprisoned and were it not for the Calvert family back in England many of our ancestors might have been in jail with Bunyan.

In 1632 George Calvert, who had been King James I of England’s principal Secretary of State at a time when the conflict between Catholic Europe and Protestant England was most serious, was granted a charter to what is now the State of Maryland. After George’s death in 1633 his son Cecil inherited his charter and determining that his brother, Leonard Calvert was the family member most expendable, sent Lenny to lead the expedition to America and establish a settlement around religious freedom. November 23, 1633 about 150 pilgrims got in two ships, the Ark and the Dove, and set out on a treacherous four month winter journey to America.

On March 25, 1634 the ships landed at Clements Island a stones throw from Coltons Point and between 150 and 300 people got off the boat, went to the bathroom, and started negotiating with the Yaocomico natives on shore for a permanent settlement. March 25 is now known as Maryland Day, the day the Catholics came to America and the holiday is celebrated everywhere but right here where it happened. Maybe we could fix that.

So the natives finally agreed they could have St. Mary’s City downstream for a settlement, there was no reason to mess up the Island or the Point with a new development, a position that remains pretty much true today. Just two years later, in 1636 and in spite of the fact he didn’t really own it Lord Baltimore went and gave the Island and Point to Thomas Gerard with the grant showing the Island was 400 acres.

Today the Island has 40 acres. It has been 380 years (1636-2016) since the first measurement of the Island in 1636 and over that time 360 acres have disappeared into the waters. Nearly an acre a year for 370 years have vanished meaning in the year 2046 the island will be gone completely and join the legends of the sea such as Atlantis.

A comprehensive history of the Island and Point should be done and a lot of partial histories have been written and could form the basis for the definitive story. Until then I’m going to add my version of an incomprehensible history to the collection.

So Lord Baltimore gave this disappearing Island to Gerard and in 1669 the Blackistone family took it over and kept it for 162 years. After that other families, possibly a beer company and a tobacco company and who knows who else claimed ownership.

During the American Revolution the Island was headquarters for the British troops. Oops, wrong side. Thirty years later during the war of 1812 it again was occupied by the British troops.

In 1853 a lighthouse was built on Clements Island for $5,000, and it survived for over 100 years before it mysteriously burnt down in 1956.

I believe in 1865 John Wilkes Booth came to the Point after shooting President Lincoln, during the missing week after the assassination, where he was supposed to catch a British ship and flee to England. Maybe the weather was bad, or for some other reason he went back and crossed into Virginia on his way to a much larger port. There is one heck of a story here along with the question, what did the English have to do with Lincoln’s death.

By 1883 the original St. Clements Manor House, built in 1636, was a hotel and beer garden in Coltons Point and became so popular it attracted ferry boat loads of tourists from Baltimore and Washington. Three weekly steamers came down to Coltons Point for the dances that were held at the old Blackistone Hotel Pavilion.

The origin of the Coltons Point name is an unverified local legend as is so much of the history surrounding the Point. R. Johnson Colton, the first Pointer Postmaster, is said to have won the acreage in a poker game in the 1800s. John Colton, vice president of government affairs for the Maryland Forests Association and R. Johnson Colton's great-grandson said it's possible. "I come from a family of card players," he said. A generation later, his grandfather supposedly won a house in nearby Clements the same way.

In the meantime in 1919 the Island was sold to the US government – used for training and weapons testing during the 1940’s, and by the 1960’s the State of Maryland took control of it.

Back in the Point by 1933 Coltons Point was known as Kopel’s Point and the manor house/hotel was now the Kopel’s Point Hotel, a time few local townspeople seem willing to talk much about. Two hurricanes the next few years pretty much destroyed the hotel by the early 1950's and it was never rebuilt. King Bob and the Ink Spot might finally be willing to talk about this time in their family history that is shrouded in mystery.

Just across the Potomac from Coltons Point in Westmoreland County Virginia three rather important historical figures were born and raised, George Washington, James Madison and Robert E. Lee. We would do well to take a little credit for them.

In the 1960’s a group of childhood friends, some descendants of the original settlers, some might even have been the original settlers, formed The Optimist Club of the Seventh District and at the urging of Father John J. Madigan started the Blessing of the Fleet Festival. That brings us up to date.

Like I mentioned there have been a few decent articles written about various parts of the history of Clements Island and Coltons Point. None tells the whole story. We would like to appeal to the public to help fill in the missing gaps in our history. If you have boring details and family histories give them to the St. Mary’s Historical Society. If you have scandalous stories, myths, rumors or information provocative in nature give them to the Coltons Point Times. We only want the fun stuff.

Consider that Jamestown was first settled in 1607 but disappeared in time. Fact is none of the early settlements in the colonies including Jamestown, Williamsburg, Middle Plantation, St. Mary’s City, etc. survived so who knows, Coltons Point could claim a spot in history right up there with Williamsburg, Busch Gardens and all the other famous historical sites.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Histories Mysteries - Next King of England (Prince William) Shares St. Clements Manor, Maryland bloodline

When the late Princess Diana's son Prince William of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne and grandson to Queen Elizabeth II, becomes King, it will be the first time in history that an English monarch is 1/16th American. Ancestors of Prince William and his brother Harry, sons of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, are from Coltons Point, also know as St. Clements Manor, settled 375 years ago near the mouth of the Potomac River.

How could this be you might ask? Good question. Because we thought we had run the British out of America a couple of centuries ago. But alas, one of the enduring mysteries of St. Clements Island and Coltons Point is the very strange history that abounds in this quiet little place lost in time yet just an hour from our nation's capitol. The first colony in the world to guarantee religious freedom, at a time when Catholics were being persecuted in England, everything about this place is mysterious.

And nothing is more mysterious than the first proprietors of the original St. Clements Manor, the Gerard family of England. Two of the Gerards, a brother and sister, were on the Ark and Dove in 1634 listed on the manifest as investors and gentlemen or women.

Some history books indicate that in 1633 when the Charter was first granted for Mary Land by King Charles II to the Calverts, well before the ships left for America, the King and Calvert gave a grant to the Gerard family for any land they wanted in the New World north of the Potomac River. If they did it would be indicative of the power and respect for the family.

You see, according to English Heraldry the Gerards trace their English heritage back to the 1100's to William Fitzgerald, (the Gerard family name was shortened from Fitzgerald to Gerard and also spelled Gerrard and Girard). William traveled with Richard Strongbow and was part of the force that took control of Ireland for the King of England. After that there were a lot of Sirs in the family over the years.

By the time of King Henry VIII the Gerard family was one of the most powerful Catholic families in England and never seemed to be prosecuted for being Catholic under the reins of Henry and Elizabeth I. During the later years of Elizabeth Sir Thomas Gerard began making plans to set up a colony in America where Catholics would be free of persecution.

Thus with George Calvert, an investor in Queen Elizabeth's efforts to colonize foreign lands, he helped finance the Calvert Maryland colony. George Calvert had also become a Catholic just when England was banning Catholics. Whatever the agreement between Gerard, Calvert and King Charles, two of the Gerard family members were dispatched on the first ships.

But the real Gerard claim was the charter for St. Clements Manor because the Gerard family was entrusted with the most sacred site of the expedition to establish religious freedom in America, St. Clements Island. History conscious England would normally protect National Treasurers like the first landing site in the New World guaranteeing religious freedom. It was another sign of the trust of the British crown in the Gerard family. Though the area was finally certified by surveys in 1639, since the 1634 landing it had been occupied by those in the first expedition.

In Father Andrew White's historic journal of the colonization it talks of St. Clements Island, the first landing site in the New World. It was here the first fort was built, the first Catholic Mass performed and the first peaceful encounter with Native Americans established the long term peaceful relationship. It was also in the St. Clements Manor area that Father White, thanks to the Indians, set up the first Catholic chapel in the New World.

For the first five years after the landing the St. Clements Manor area was one of just five settlement sites in all of the Maryland area where the Jesuit priests could go and meet with the Native Americans. It was considered safe enough for such interaction with the Native Americans. The site of the St. Clements Manor House complex became Coltons Point and has been lived in ever since.

Historians know that places like Jamestown, Plymouth and St. Mary's City all ceased to exist in their original sites by the 1690's. Thus Coltons Point was settled in 1634, chartered in 1638 and surveyed in 1639. Because of these reasons the St. Clements Manor area, now Coltons Point, is the oldest continuously lived in chartered settlement in all of colonial America.

Dr. Thomas Gerard, whose brother and sister were on the first ships, was the family member designated to settle and develop the New World holdings and he arrived with his family in 1638, immediately settling at Coltons Point (St. Clements Manor). In time his manor grew to one of the largest in all of America including over 20,000 acres. He also owned land in Virginia and he was a partner owning Capitol Hill, the land where the US Congress, Supreme Court and much of our federal government was build.

Gerard was an unusual person, exactly what King Charles would prefer. While Charles was a Protestant King with a Catholic Queen, Henrietta Maria from the powerful Medici family of France no less, Gerard was a Catholic from a powerful English family with a Protestant wife. When he reached America he built the first chapel for Catholics and Protestants on the Manor.

His Manor House in Coltons Point sat on the riverbank and faced the little Island where the landing took place. St. Clements Manor House was burnt down by the Protestants around 1645, rebuilt, burnt down by the English in 1713 and rebuilt, and finally destroyed by a hurricane in 1933. One day maybe it will be rebuilt on it's original site.

Gerard was the first doctor in Maryland, a gentleman and successful businessman. He was often at odds with the Calverts, the Lords from England, over the rights of the people versus the rights of the crown. After the protestant revolt in England his lands were seized for a time and he moved to his Virginia land. He was the neighbor and friend of John Washington, George Washington's great grandfather. In time two of his daughters married John Washington thus were step great grandmothers of our first President.

For those of you who find it odd that two sisters would marry the same person, regardless of the fact it was George Washington's great grandfather, a note on the Colonial ways. Way back then women were a rather rare feature in the early colonial days. Also death came early for many of the men. So to protect those women who choose to help settle the New World the families would often have the next available male or female marry the widows.

This was an extension of the rules of the English monarchy, the same rules that proved to be King Henry VIII's undoing. You see, his brother was King and died at age 15 in 1502 when Henry was just 10. Henry was thus required to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Spain (the same Isabella who sent Columbus to discover America). Catherine was much older and Henry had to wait until he was 17 before the marriage took place.

Well Henry had difficulty adjusting to the older woman and was enamored by younger women like the Boleyn sisters, having an affair with one and marrying the second, Anne. Anne forced him to divorce Catherine. Thus began the religious wars that tore Britain apart for the next 150 years. For her part Anne got beheaded but her daughter with Henry, Elizabeth, became Elizabeth I, one of the most beloved Queens of England. She never married. Hummm.

Back in the colonies when he died Dr. Thomas Gerard was buried alongside his first wife at the St. Clements manor House overlooking St. Clements Island. We believe both grave sites have been located three centuries later and along with St. Clements Island they should become one of the most historical sites in Southern Maryland. Meanwhile, numerous smaller manors within St. Clements Manor were given as gifts or sold. Frances Scott Key, composer of our National Anthem, was even born on St. Clements Manor.

In England where the rest of the Gerard family remained their royal bloodlines continued and both Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana are blood relatives of the Gerards. When Prince William becomes King he will be the first British Monarch who is 1/16th American. He is also 1/16th German, 1/16th Hungarian, 1/32nd Irish and 1/64th French.

That means our Coltons Point bloodline (Gerards) will have a son of Princess Diana, Prince William, who becomes King of England who is related to King Henry VIII, a new King whose ancestors were step great grandmothers to George Washington who defeated the English, and who is the first British King who is 1/16 American. No wonder we always liked Princess Diana.

Prince William of Wales, heir to the English throne, can trace his family to St. Clements Island and Coltons Point. We even know the gravesite of his ancestors here in Coltons Point who first arrived 375 years ago. We really must celebrate when Prince William becomes King. Better yet, why not start now in honor of the future King of England whose ancestors were our founders.

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Histories Mysteries - The Landing at St. Clement's Island in 1634

In the past five years I have heard and seen many different versions of what happened when the colonists to Maryland arrived in 1634 and it is time that historical societies and historians finally get the record straight. With the arrival of Lord Baltimore's colonists in the new world and the unique grant that gave him unprecedented powers to colonize America including the power to establish religious freedom, it was one of the most significant colonies in our history.

First of all, in 1628 George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore, traveled the Potomac River on a trip to Virginia to scout locations for his Mary Land settlement as soon as King Charles approved his grant. The grant was approved by the King shortly after George died in 1632 and his son, the 2nd Lord Baltimore was determined to complete his father's dream of a colony grounded in religious freedom.

The expedition left England in late 1633 and arrived at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River just a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay about March 3-5, 1634. The approximately 315 passengers and crew used a barge or skiff they brought with them to move supplies to the island and immediately began building a fort. It was to serve as a fortress to prohibit foreigners from illegal trade on the river for it was the narrowest point for crossing the Potomac River.

On March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, a ceremony with all members of the expedition was held on the Island to read the official grant, celebrate the first Roman Catholic Mass in English speaking America, and conduct the first Eucharist ceremony in the colonies. A huge cross was made from downed trees and carried by the Catholics to the site of the Mass where it was erected. The Stations of the Cross were also part of the ceremony. Also the new colony was first dedicated to the Holy Mother Mary.

A couple of days later the Ark and Dove took many of the colonists to the future site of St. Mary's City. St. Clement's Island and the Manor that evolved under the guidance of the Gerard family remained a settlement and to this day remains the oldest continuously occupied chartered settlement in America.

By the end of March some of the colonists moved to the present site of St. Mary's City to establish permanent quarters while others remained at St. Clements and White Neck Creek. Soon additional settlements were at Inigoes downriver from St. Mary's City, and at a site along the Patuxent River. By 1637 another settlement was underway across St. Clements Bay in Newtown.

Also in 1637 the population of the Maryland colony was recorded as about 350 in Maryland with 90 in St. Mary's City, 60 in St. Clements Manor, and the balance throughout other Maryland plantations. The Manor grant to the Gerard family was promised before the expedition left England and was formally made in 1638 with the survey completed in 1639.

In terms of historical accuracy, the following should be used.

While the 1st Lord Baltimore died before the first expedition, he did visit Maryland in 1628 and traveled the Potomac River following the Captain John Smith explorations documented earlier by the Governor of Virginia.

The Ark and the Dove carried about 322 passengers and crew on the voyage including the loyalists who left from Gravesend, England and the Catholics who boarded at the Isle of Wight. Twelve people died crossing the ocean.

The expedition first landed at St. Clement's Island about March 5, 1634, not at St. Mary's City as often mentioned in speeches.

While Governor Leonard Calvert traveled the Potomac to meet with Indian leaders the remaining colonists built a fort on St. Clement's Island and on March 25 a ceremony on the Island, now celebrated as Maryland Day, was held.

During the ceremony the charter to the Calvert family was read and made Maryland the first colony in the world to guarantee religious freedom to all residents.

Around March 27, 1634 some of the colonists remained at St. Clements while others went to establish St. Mary's City.

While St. Clement's Manor was chartered in 1638 and the Manor House finished the same year St. Mary's City was not chartered until 1668 and ceased to exist in 1699. Both English settlements in Jamestown, VA and Plymouth, MA ceased to exist in the 1690's as well.

The St. Clement's Manor House under Lord Thomas Gerard was completed in 1638 on the mainland overlooking St. Clement's Island (currently Coltons Point).

If we just correct these errors in historical records we can begin the process of accurately documenting all the historical records of this most sacred and significant time in American history.

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