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The Columbian Orator taught nineteenth-century Americans how to speak

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86 points samclemens | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 00:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | source
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Avshalom ◴[10 Apr 25 01:26 UTC] No.43639756[source]▶
As a side note: Columbia/Columbian used to be a byword for america https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification)
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1. euroderf ◴[10 Apr 25 08:53 UTC] No.43642047[source]▶
I'd like to see a history of the relative popularity of Columbia, Uncle Sam, and various birds (eagles, turkeys). I'd assume that gender preferences in national symbols reflect trends in the wider culture.