The Washington Times:

Recently, a group of high school students made a pilgrimage of sorts to a natural cathedral high in the hills of Santa Barbara, California.

They came by the hundreds to this picturesque spot in a deep-blue state, hardly a logical place for a group of young conservatives to convene.

Still, they ventured into the mountains in search of something remarkable in today’s day and age. In the surrounds of a small adobe home tucked in the bucolic scenery, they were connecting with a time and place when Americans were comfortable with the exceptional nature of their nation and the values that made it the envy of the world.

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