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Source: Nation

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5-28-09

Tom Paine being celebrated on the 200th anniversary of his death

Join The Nation's John Nichols, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Nation Editorial Board member Eric Foner and many others in a tribute to the life and work of a great American patriot on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Paine's death.

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