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The blog will consist of posts on places, people, events and writings related to American History. Information is derived from a variety of historical sources.
Please note that Events of the day are taken from multiple sites as is and may or may not include links back to those sites.
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...
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Jul 4, 20251 min read
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“As I believe the voice of my constituents and all sensible and honest men is in favor of independence, and as my own judgment concurs...
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Jul 2, 20251 min read
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Sallie Ann Corbett Pickett "Down the slope into the smoke-filled valley the devoted men followed him as he rode in advance upon his...
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Jul 1, 20252 min read
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James Otis, Writs of Assistance, 1761 "One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house...
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Jun 30, 20251 min read
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Elizabeth Powel "Your resignation would elate the enemies of good government and cause lasting regret to the friends of humanity. The...
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Jun 26, 20251 min read
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John Armstrong, Jr (1840)* "If this, then, be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defense of America, what...
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Jun 25, 20251 min read
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John Locke The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative...
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Jun 24, 20251 min read
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"Government will always take its complexion from the habits of the people - habits are continually changing from age to age - a body of...
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Jun 23, 20251 min read
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Alexander Hamilton "The republican principle demands, that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to...
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Jun 18, 20251 min read
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David Ramsey "No form of government can make a vicious and ignorant people happy. When the majority of our citizens becomes corrupt,...
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Jun 17, 20251 min read
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Drawing of Melancton Smith "The idea that naturally suggests itself to our minds, when we speak of representatives is, that they resemble...
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Jun 16, 20251 min read
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George Washington, General of the Continental Army Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success...
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Jun 14, 20251 min read
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Mercy Otis Warren "There is a certain supineness which generally overspreads the multitude, and disposes mankind to submit quietly to any...
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Jun 13, 20251 min read
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"The great art, therefore, in forming a good constitution, appears to e this, so to frame it, as that those to whom the power is...
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Jun 12, 20251 min read
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American Magazine "A State is a supreme corporation that never dies. Its powers, when it acts for itself, are at times, equally...
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Jun 11, 20251 min read
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"I have observed before that when Subjects are deprived of their civil Rights, or are dissatisfied with the Place they hold in the...
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Jun 10, 20251 min read
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"During the Revolutionary War, Americans and their leaders voluntarily covenanted with each other and with God to defend their sacred...
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Jun 9, 20251 min read
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"I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa...
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Jun 6, 20251 min read
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Walt Whitman “Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.”
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Jun 5, 20251 min read
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“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist...
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Jun 4, 20251 min read
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