"The Rising Glory of America" is a poem written by "Poet of the Revolution" Philip Freneau, with a debated but likely minimal level of involvement from "not quite a Founding Father" Hugh Henry Brackenridge of western Pennsylvania. The poem was first read at their graduation from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1771. There were two versions published, one before and one after the American Revolutionary War. It was mildly influential in describing a newfound sense of American national identity.
See also Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca, novel co-authored by Freneau and Brackenridge 1772 in poetry
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