Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I might say right here that this is a national loss and a deplorable lack of understanding concerning the man who first proposed and first wrote those impressive words, ’the United States of America.’ But it is hardly strange. Paine’s teachings have been debarred from schools everywhere and his views of life misrepresented until his memory is hidden in shadows, or he is looked upon as of unsound mind.
Thomas Edison, Essay in The Diary and Sundry Observations (1948) edited by Dagobert D. Runes
- Selah Creek Rest Area, I-82 Westbound (mapcarta.com)
Selah Creek Rest Area, I-82 Westbound is a rest area in Yakima, Washington which is located on I-82 West. Selah Creek Rest Area, I-82 Westbound is situated nearby to the mountain saddle South Umtanum Ridge, as well as near the peak Pushtay.
