AMERICANA SELECTIONS
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"These Blessings"
"These Blessings, Reader, may Heav'n grant to thee; A faithful Friend, equal in Love's degree..."
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"The Declaration of Independence"
"WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another...."
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"Article I. Congress"
"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress...."
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"Article II. Executive"
"The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America..."
"Article III. Justice"
"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from
time to time ordain and establish...."
"Articles IV through VII: States, Amendments, Laws, and Ratification"
"Susan hand lettered the words to Articles IV through VII in watercolors that form a colorful map of the United States, surrounded by a background in shades of dark and light blue."
"Amendments 11-27"
Amendments 11 through 27 cover a range of rights as well as limitations: Amendment 11 establishes judicial limits; Amendment 12 outlines the process for electing the President and Vice President...
"The Bill of Rights"
"The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Susan lettered the Bill of Rights in shades of blue over a drawing of the Statue of Liberty. Words from the first amendment form a circle surrounding the Bill of Rights with words from amendments two through eight..."
"The Gettysburg Address"
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal..."
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"The Preamble"
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..."
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"Preamble" Note Cards
Susan's Loy's "Preamble" painting is on the front, with the words of the Preamble type-set on the back of the card for easy reading.
"The Road Not Taken"
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler..."
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Emerson's "Success Depends on the Aim"
"Success depends on the Aim, not on the means. Look at the mark, not on your arrow."
"Simple Gifts"
"'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free..."
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"Wallace Stevens: Oh Florida"
"Swiftly in the nights, In the porches of Key West..."
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"Whitman Specimen"
Susan Loy pays homage to Walt Whitman and his days spent in the rural countryside while healing after the Civil War and recorded in his journal, Specimen Days & Collect...
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"William Penn's Fruits Of Solitude"
"Do Good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
Seek not to be Rich, but Happy..."
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"House Prayer"
"May nothing evil cross this door, and may ill-fortune never pry about these windows..."
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"Mother's Joys"
"O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human soul is capable of generating..."
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"Practicing Peace"
"It's not an idea. As an idea, it's no more powerful
than war...Moment to moment,
it's how we choose to be..."
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"Hops"
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth,
and no culture comparable to that of the garden..."
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"Easter Egg Roll"
WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL 1878-1998 ... Commemorative poster sponsored by The Schnurmacher Foundations, produced from an original watercolor painting by Susan Loy.
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Read about Susan Loy and Ron Ayers at the White House in 1999 for the dedication of the Easter Egg Roll poster by Susan Loy
