Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Scenes 5 and 6 And then lhis counrry groaned and crealaed and began lo splil, and lhere was a man named Abe Lincoln lo see fha? American would remain whole. They foughl a war over ily e long, bloody, lulile, dishonesr wer, And when lhe fire waned, when lhe smoke cleared, lhere were Abe Lincoln and Amer ifa bolh inlacl.

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GAY NINETIES Scene 6 The Nineliesl The boislerous, rowdy, col- orful Nineliesl One era had ended and anolher begun-gilded cornucopias and ' l h'l gaudy lhealresz lrlvolous women, las ly dressed men: waxed musfachios, jeweled walch lobs-a crazy kaleidoscope of na- Honal neglecl-a gay and false beauly whirling closer and closer lo Jrhe impend- ing disasler. . .

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Scene 3 The winTer OT 76 was colder Than usual, and Ge eral WashinqTon's men Tallced OT deserTion, OT Turning To Their homes and Tannilies, OT abandoni wheT seemed a wild dream of Independence. E WashingTor1 and oTher men who bell d dom sh d eve in Tre owe The way. The ' . Th T men were Convlncie ey sTayed. They won. Scene 4 The colonial era w as a Time OT peace and plen a oeriod OT el-3looraTe coslrumes and mannerisr exfrevagance and gracious living. BuT Tro bl lorewinq Tor Th u e v , ere was dlsconTenT in The SouTh a e anger In The NorTh. . .