I haven't seen a Freedom Gallery since leaving the South but visiting Roswell Mall I see.....a Freedom Gallery, several displays on the wall of the gallery dedicated to local heroes and values.
I approve.
Elmer Davis was a journalist and Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II.
The other quote is from British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce. As British ambassador to the United States, he was very influential in liberal American politics and wrote The American Commonwealth in 1888.
As for religion, there are churches all over Roswell. I counted 85 on the church directory of the Roswell website. They're all Christian of some denomination. I've heard a lot of "God bless you" and "have a blessed day". And I've had some folks think I need help and offer it in a way that refers back to their religion.
On the other hand, the town doesn't shut down on Sunday.....things go on about the same as the rest of the week.
Churches here, the ones that I've seen are small to moderate sized. I haven't seen anything that could be called a megachurch.
Here are a couple in my home territory
I know of one other church, a Baptist Church, between Pine Lodge Road and Berrendo Road.
What does Roswell think about itself.......or what does Roswell government think about itself........or, maybe, what does Roswell government want others to think about Roswell. I made a word cloud from the About Us page of the Roswell City website using wordclouds.com. This is what resulted.
The larger the word in the word cloud, the more prevalent the word is in the text.
"School" and "military" jump out. School is understandable. "Military" is too when one considers the importance of the New Mexico Military Institute. "Housing" and "home" also stand out.
What do the people in your community consider important? There are many ways to find out and you might want to look deeper into that
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