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The United States is predominantly an English-speaking nation. As in other English-speaking nations, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys was popularized in the nineteenth century, however, the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is now in decline. | The United States is predominantly an English-speaking nation. As in other English-speaking nations, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys was popularized in the nineteenth century, however, the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is now in decline. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Jews have lived in America since before the Revolutionary War. They have always practiced ritual circumcision ([[Brit Milah]]) of boys on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], however this was only for a very small percentage of the population. | + | Jews have lived in America since before the Revolutionary War. They have always practiced [[Jewish circumcision| ritual circumcision]] ([[Brit Milah]]) of boys on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], however this was only for a very small percentage of the population. |
| − | One may be certain that the Founding Fathers of the United States of America were men with intact [[Foreskin| foreskins]] as were the men who fought the American Civil War (1861-1865). | + | One may be certain that the eighteenth century Founding Fathers of the United States of America were men with [[intact]] [[Foreskin| foreskins]] as were the [[foreskinned]] men who fought the American Civil War (1861-1865). |
| − | Non-therapeutic circumcision of males for non-religious reasons originated in the [[United Kingdom]] in the early nineteenth century, but eventually spread to other English-speaking nations. | + | Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of males for non-religious reasons originated in the [[United Kingdom]] in the early nineteenth century, but eventually spread to other English-speaking nations. |
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| + | The first recorded non-religious circumcision of a boy occurred in 1870 when [[Lewis Albert Sayre]] circumcised a boy of five years of age. | ||
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[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||
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The United States of America is also known as the United States or simply America or by acronyms such as USA or US or U.S.A. or U.S.. The United States is predominantly an English-speaking nation. As in other English-speaking nations, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys was popularized in the nineteenth century, however, the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is now in decline.
History
Jews have lived in America since before the Revolutionary War. They have always practiced ritual circumcision (Brit Milah) of boys on the eighth day of life in accordance with the Abrahamic covenant, however this was only for a very small percentage of the population.
One may be certain that the eighteenth century Founding Fathers of the United States of America were men with intact foreskins as were the foreskinned men who fought the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Non-therapeutic circumcision of males for non-religious reasons originated in the United Kingdom in the early nineteenth century, but eventually spread to other English-speaking nations.
The first recorded non-religious circumcision of a boy occurred in 1870 when Lewis Albert Sayre circumcised a boy of five years of age.
References