Introduction

Abstract

Evidences of a strong feeling of nationalism appear at different times, and the people of the United States despite their heterogenous derivations, are apparently not averse to showing the manifestations of a spirit which is probably endemic at all times rising to epidemic proportions with or following upon economic and social changes of any moment which affect a whole people. The dealer in antiques reaps a harvest thereby. Who is not familiar with colonial furniture, Americana, and slices from the apple tree under which General Washington ate his lunch upon the occasion of his visit to Communipaw? Whole societies are founded upon the memories cherished by the descendents of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, or to the memory of those who made the first voyage to the Americas in the stout vessel Mayflower.