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The textile industry gave birth to a clothing brand that has been an American Tradition for the past 150 years. Americans dared to dream of a resolve to conflict with the ending of a war that divided the American fabric for generations to come. They found it in the Diamond family.
The Diamond family contributed to the rebirth of a nation, the growth of industry, healing the great depression, electricity, automobiles, radio, television, flight, and the introduction of telephones.
We faced the Antebellum Period and Civil War with a resolute to be both honest and brave. We were guided through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age of a Gold Rush, General Custard's defeat, the Depression of 1884, Wounded Knee, and the completion of the Great Northern Railroad. We faced strife with the assassination of President McKinley, World War I, Selective Service Act, and the 18th Amendment outlawing the buying, selling, and transporting of liquor.The 1920's granted women's suffrage, Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic, Babe Ruth's 60 home runs and the stock market crash. We faced the challenges of the Great Depression, and World War II, Franklin Roosevelt elected president, prohibition repealed, a bank holiday proclaimed, and the Securities and Exchange Commission was established. Huey Long was assassinated, Germany invaded Poland, World War II began, and Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Allies invaded Italy, Roosevelt elected for fourth term, Truman succeeded Roosevelt, Hitler committed suicide, Germany surrendered, U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered, and the United Nations was founded.
We welcomed Postwar America with Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball, the Korean War, Sputnik, Castro's takeover of Cuba, John F. Kennedy being elected president, the Berlin Wall being built, and the first black student, James Meredith, attended the University of Mississippi.
The 1960's continued with Birmingham desegregation crusade, Civil Rights march on Washington, President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, American combat troops sent to Vietnam, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and the Woodstock Music Festival.
Contemporary America is resolute to uphold righteousness by the deed and by word accepting the resignations of Vice-President Agnew and President Nixon, the fall of South Vietnam, unemployment surpassing 10%, Iraq invaded Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, and President Clinton announced first balance budget in 20 years.The 21st Century began with an early test of true national greatness. We faced September 11th and the world by example. The test of our moral and physical limitations, we greeted challenges head on and demonstrated by word and actions that we would face America's enemies with integrity and bravery around the clock and around the world.
The Legend of Tommy Diamond will continue for decades to come as the fabric of American Dreams continues to be woven together in the true "American Tradition".
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