It never became firmly established here as a folk custom, however, and today's elaborate New Year's parade in Philadelphia is the only organized outgrowth of English mumming in the United States.
The pains taken by abolitionists, and suffragettes, and civil rights marchers, and marriage equality advocates brought America's core truth to light: that all people are created equal.
But here, away from comparisons, shut in by the stable hills, among which mere walking had the novelty of pageantry, and where any man could imagine himself to be Adam without the least difficulty.
Police in Angola have fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who are demonstrating against the disappearance of two activists.