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What seems at first to be a rather dry “history lecture” public service ad is actually a subtly pointed affirmation of the Freedom of Religion — a lesson that could bear repeating today.
The PSA presents a fairly abridged version of the Flushing Remonstrance, but then it is only a five panel PSA intended for 8 to 12 year old boys.
Wikipedia has a nice summation of the Remonstrance.The full text of the Flushing Remonstrance
Since this PSA was published just the one time, and because it is more political than most, I wonder what was going on in the country in 1957 that prompted Schiff to write it?
Remonstrance is a fun word to say; flushing is too.
This PSA can be found in DC comics from February, 1958. The script was by Jack Schiff, with the art by Bob Brown.
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