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	<title>Columbia: America By Another Name</title>
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	<description>America today, as found in her places called Columbia.</description>
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		<title>Columbia Demands the Vote (Even if It Kills Her)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long have I known this image. Thanks to a professor of philosophy that I recently met at a coffee shop over in Northeast, I now know its context. Seeing the figure of Columbia (above) in an article from a blog for &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1389">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Washington &amp; Columbia: Forever Linked</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Washington&#8217;s Birthday / Presidents Day, I give you highlights of the connections between the Father of Our Country and our former poetic namesake and guardian spirit, Columbia. With their patriotic pedigrees, these two names mingle geographically, and &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1337">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Happening in the District of Columbia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My inauguration day was totally unplanned and worked out wonderfully. First, I listened to the ceremony outside the secured area by Freedom Plaza. Of course, after the Vice-President&#8217;s oath, they played &#8220;Hail, Columbia&#8221;! Then someone gave me a ticket for &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1312">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Hero honored by Columbia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as my parents have lived in Savannah for a decade, my visits with them centered on exploring nature out by the rivers, not in exploring the charming city. So a couple of days ago I ventured in, and found &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1297">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video Update: Columbia, Tennessee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first ever video update! Getting a hang of this will take some time&#8211;the goal is to tell a short story in a short period of time in a way that you will enjoy. Earlier takes of this &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1293">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Columbia, Tennessee!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week I leave my home in Columbia Heights here in Washington and drive to Columbia, Tennessee. I&#8217;m totally psyched! While I wish I were going there for Mule Day, I just feel in my bones that this Tennessee city &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1274">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired by a Visit to the Library of Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s my express goal that my Columbia America By Another Name will have me photographing in the homes of Americans from all walks of life—the rich, the poor, and the in-between. My day job, though, brings me into the homes &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1162">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>American Master, George Bellows</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you reside or travel near the District of Columbia, you have until 8 October to visit the National Gallery of Art for an immensely gratifying retrospective of work by the great American painter, George Bellows. Even despite the fact &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1132">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Poet-Slave and American Liberty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 11 July 1761, a recently kidnapped West African girl of seven or eight saw her journey into slavery end at the home of a Boston tailor and merchant named John Wheatley. She received her master&#8217;s surname, with her first &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1040">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Columbia and the Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiddies dressed as &#8220;Columbia&#8221; and &#8220;Uncle Sam&#8221;, Bunker Hill Day, Charlestown, a photo by Boston Public Library on Flickr. Happy Flag Day! This photo is from Bunker Hill Day, 17 June, in the year 1917. The United States went to &#8230; <a href="http://columbia.francissmith.info/?p=1023">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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