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The Past Is Never Really Past: America and Rome

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The Past Is Never Really Past: America and Rome
Many signers of our Constitution admired the Republican ideals of the Romans. “Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States,” 1940, Howard Chandler Christy. United States Capitol. Public Domain
Jeff Minick
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Ignorance may be bliss, but it can also be downright embarrassing.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella. The Washington Examiner reported that during a press conference, Trump had noted historic ties to the ancient city, saying, “‘The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to ancient Rome.’”
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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