Gathering of Heroes Awards event at Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA ... aka The Cradle of Liberty
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Mr. Fredella’s daughter, Gina Fredella Tenaglia.
Frank Fredella, CEO of Sterlingwear of Boston
Click on photos and view brive USA manufacturers bravely speaking to our founding fathers.
Click photos to view where true liberty and independence were born.
American Made Heroes
meet at the factory to learn and discuss shared issues.
Click on photos to enlarge.
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted." .... Alexander Hamilton
... an
American Made Hero.
March 17th, 2012, brave citizens assembled here once again calling for US independence.
American Made Heroes Awards
Firebrand Samuel Adams rallied the citizens of Boston to the cause of independence from Great Britain
in this hallowed Hall, and George Washington toasted the nation there on its first birthday. Through the years, Faneuil Hall has played host to many
impassioned speakers, from Oliver Wendall Holmes and Susan B. Anthony to Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy and Mitt Romney always living up to its nickname, "The Cradle of
Liberty."
In 1742, Boston’s wealthiest merchant, Peter Faneuil, as a gift to the city, built Faneuil Hall. The edifice was home to merchants, fishermen, and meat and
produce sellers, and provided a platform for the country's most famous orators. It is where colonists first protested the Sugar Act in 1764 and established
the doctrine of "no taxation without representation."
Faneuil Hall - Painting of debate about protective tariffs!
2012 debate also about using protective tariffs in support of USA manufacturers and USA jobs against competitors using
their tariffs & other illegal practices against us.
Webster Replying to Hayne, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. Painted in 1830, George P.A. Healy's painting depicts the famous debate between Damiel
Webster and Robert Hayne over protective tariffs.
Webster's "Second Reply to Hayne" is regarded by many as one of the finest ever delivered in Congress.
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers.
-- Alexander Hamilton
After the Faneuil Hall event we gathered for a reception & dinner at Boston's famous Durgin Park in Quincy Market!
An insider's tour of Durgin Park ... Real food for real people!    
 
*******
 
 
********
American Made Heroes
thanks Seana & staff for great service!
March 18th, 2012 we marched representing all USA manufacturers in Boston's St. Pat's Parade!
The Adams, time to remember these examples of leadership in USA history
- Click on photos to left for hear the David McCullough presentstion about John & Abigail Adams.
- I suggest fast forwarding 10 minutes to where Mr. McCullough steps to the podium and begins speaking.
I strongly recommend listening to one of America's greatest author/historians David McCollough speak about John and Abigail Adams.
Mr. McCullough gives a detailed look into the life of the second president of the United States through diary entries and letters John Adams wrote to his
wife, Abigail. He concludes that John Adams is one of the most influential and most misunderstood of our Founding Fathers. Abigail is his strength.
All three are recognized and applauded as
American MadeHeroes.
Above photos we taken in December 2011 during my visit to The Adams' House which is a short 20 minutes from Faneuil Hall.
I hope you listen to historian David McCullough speak of their life in Quincy, their deep love of each other, their family, and their deep love of their
newly formed country.
Also included are photos taken that same day at the "Church of Presidents" a mile or so away.
It is called the Church of the Presidents because two American presidents and first ladies, John & Abigail Adams and John Quincy & Louisa Catherine Adams,
attended the church with all four now interred beneath the church in a family crypt. The pew in which they sat is marked with a plaque and ribbon on the
side.Only one other church in the United States contains a presidential tomb, namely the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C..
Paul Revere
Sam Adams
John Hancock
John Adams
Abigail Adams
Ben Franklin
Joseph Warren
James Miller
Crispus Attucks