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  • Anthony Comstock, September Morn, and the Fillmore

    Anthony Comstock, September Morn, and the Fillmore

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    “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech” is part of the first amendment of the U. S. Constitution. It went into effect on March 4, 1789. Historians are unable to agree when the first debate over censorship started, but we all know it will never end. Postcards are part of that…

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Edward Cleveland
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Postcard History welcomes Dr. E. R. Cleveland as a new contributor. Ed is a retired history professor with a wide range of interests. His first piece focuses on arm wrestling, a topic with many variants but practiced by young and old alike. Postcards are few and modern, but the competitors are countless.

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