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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Predicate Object
instanceOf commemorative oration
historical speech
speech
associatedWith American nationalism
Pilgrims
surface form: Pilgrim Fathers

Plymouth Colony
author Daniel Webster
commemorates 200th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth
Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth in 1620
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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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Daniel Webster notableWork Plymouth Oration