OUR DEMOCRACY-byM.t ^AMillionEditionsAgo^I One fateful night in 1689, an anonymous boston printer., SETTING great wood blocks of type, pounding them TOGETHER,UFTING STIFF SHEETS OF HEAVY RAG PARCHMENT GAVE AMERICA ITS FIRST LOCAL NEWSPAPER , A MILLION EDITIONS AGO. Out of those dim originscame a durable bulwark of democracy— A FREE PRESS. OUR NEWSPAPERS TODAY, ALERT DEFENDERS OF OUR FREEDOMS, ARE TIRELESS ADVOCATES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP, AND OPEN THE WINDOW ON THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR ALL OF US. I lllllfln 1, >. I III ll I. ■ ill t. , .. .1. SJ&falH .i,,l.I , .1 , ,1 ,1

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