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Sons of Freedom

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Sons of Freedom
pl n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a Doukhobor sect, located largely in British Columbia: notorious for its acts of terrorism in opposition to the government in the 1950s and 1960s Also called Freedomites
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According to the Massachusetts Spy, Worcester's weekly paper, the Sons of Freedom put on quite a display.
How the Fourth began here by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
This was not in the nature of the Brummies, as William Hutton made plain for "the sturdy sons of freedom having cast up slight works at each end of the town, and barricaded the lesser avenues, rejected the offer and the officers".
How the Civil War shaped our streets by Birmingham Mail (England)
At a grand dinner at City Tavern in Philadelphia, a newspaper editor proposed a toast: "May the Fourth of July, that glorious and memorable day, be celebrated through America by the sons of freedom from age to age, till time shall be no more.
July 4th a day to reflect on freedom by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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