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February is being observed as American History Month. The Montpelier and Golden Horseshoe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution are joining nearly 3000 DAR chapters in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone in calling special attention to this month. In recognition of the occa1 slon the twp local aroa^chapters
have proviced this series of articles about highlights of American History. , The President’s Proclamation s Our nation’6 history is far more than a mere record of long ago events. For it is only through knowing and understanding the sources of our common heritage that we become aware of ourselves as being, in truth, one people. Law or Government alone could never bind two hundred million Americans together in common citizenship. This can only be the result of shared dreams, of common-convictions, of the sense of kinship and fraternity which comes from a deep appreciation of our people’s history. Nor is that history merely a chronical of battles won or lost: it is the sum of/all
our art and science,jour philosophy and politics, our religion and our law. It is all these woven together which make up the fabric of Amerik
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