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Renaissance Men, Renaissance Women, and Happy Amateurs Some believe that our age of specialization has brought an end to the Renaissance man. In medicine, law, and other professions, practitioners now aim to develop their talents in a specific field of concentration, a shift that has occurred in my own lifetime. My uncle, for example, was a family physician who practiced medicine in rural Pennsylvania and then in North Carolina for many years. In the first 15 years of his career, Uncle Russ delivered hundreds of babies and performed many minor surgeries. By the time he retired, he hadn’t do...

The Grant stated: “Elizabeth, by the Grace of God of England … Defender of the Faith … grant to our trusty and well beloved servant Walter Raleigh … to discover … barbarous lands … not actually possessed of any Christian Prince, nor inhabited by Christian People … Upon … finding … such remote lands … it shall be necessary for the safety of all men … to live together in Christian peace … Ordinances … agreeable to … the laws … of England, and also so as they be not against the true Christian faith.” Thomas Jefferson...

A northern Virginia city is renaming schools honoring Thomas Jefferson and George Mason, founding fathers who also owned slaves.

April 28, 2021 - 10:07 AM FALLS CHURCH, Va. - A northern Virginia city has renamed schools honouring Thomas Jefferson and George Mason, founding fathers who also owned slaves. Instead of honouring the nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson Elementary will now be known as Oak Street Elementary. The school board in Falls Church City also voted Tuesday to rename George Mason High to Meridian High. The school board said it chose Meridian to represent the school's international perspective; a meridian is a global line of longitude that runs through both poles. The name also pay...

City lines up behind Meridian as new name for Mason High Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 28, 2021 FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A northern Virginia city has renamed schools honoring Thomas Jefferson and George Mason, founding fathers who also owned slaves. Instead of honoring the nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson Elementary will now be known as Oak Street Elementary. The school board in Falls Church City also voted Tuesday to rename George Mason High to Meridian Hi...