Plymouth Oration

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Plymouth Oration is a famous 1820 speech by American statesman Daniel Webster commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth and reflecting on the principles of liberty and national identity.

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instanceOf commemorative oration ⓘ
historical speech ⓘ
speech ⓘ
associatedWith American nationalism ⓘ
Pilgrim Fathers ⓘ
linked to: Pilgrims

Plymouth Colony ⓘ
author Daniel Webster ⓘ
commemorates 200th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth ⓘ
Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth in 1620 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
date 1820 ⓘ
describedBySource American history textbooks ⓘ
biographies of Daniel Webster ⓘ
genre patriotic speech ⓘ
political oration ⓘ
hasPart discussion of the Pilgrims’ motives and character ⓘ
meditations on American national destiny ⓘ
reflections on the principles of civil and religious liberty ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
inception 1820 ⓘ
influenced American patriotic rhetoric ⓘ
subsequent commemorative orations in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfEvent Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
mainSubject American history ⓘ
Pilgrims ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
notableFor articulation of American national identity ⓘ
eloquent defense of liberty ⓘ
role in establishing Daniel Webster’s national reputation as an orator ⓘ
partOf American oratorical canon ⓘ
significantEvent bicentennial celebration of the Pilgrims’ landing ⓘ
speaker Daniel Webster ⓘ
theme constitutional liberty ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ
moral character of the nation ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed colonial America ⓘ
founding era of the United States ⓘ
year 1820 ⓘ

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