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The Gerrymander: A Gift from the Founding Fathers
Lately, the term “gerrymandering” is getting thrown around as some sort of new illness that afflicts the republic. The process essentially involves drawing electoral district boundaries in ways that benefit one political party or the other and dates back to … Continue reading
Thanksgiving with the Continental Army, 1777
Abraham Lincoln usually gets the credit for establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863. He deserves much of it for making it an annual event. But, Lincoln was harkening back to an earlier practice of giving thanks amidst the … Continue reading
Review: First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call for American Independence by Harlow Giles Unger
A member of one of Virginia’s first families, Richard Henry Lee was a critical voice in America’s struggle against Great Britain. Born at the family home, Stratford Hall, in Westmoreland County, Lee was educated in England. In 1758, he entered … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged Committee of Corresspondence, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, Harlow Giles Unger, House of Burgess, Richard Henry Lee, Stratford Hall, Virginia, Westmoreland County
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Standing in the Room Where American Was Born
As I stood in Independence Hall, in the room where the Founders debated the Declaration of Independence, I suddenly started thinking of the opening scene from the musical 1776, when John Adams cries for independence while everyone else complains about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Congress, National Park Service
Tagged 1776-the musical, Ben Franklin, Carpenter Hall, City Tavern, Congress Hall, Constitutional Convention, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Independence National Historical Park, James Madison, John Adams, The Signer, Thomas Jefferson
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Two Patriots: One Slave and One Free – James Armistead Lafayette and James Forten
Part Two by Malanna Henderson A hero who championed American independence was Revolutionary War hero James Forten; not particularly for what he did, but for what he didn’t do. At the tender age of fourteen, Forten became a prisoner of … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Monuments, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Slavery
Tagged 1776, 1781, African Americans, American Revolution, Continental Congress, Continental Navy, HMS Jersey, James Armistead Lafayette, James Forten, Nathanael Greene, New York, Prison Ship, Putnam, Quaker, Revolutionary War, William Howard Taft
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Six Signers Signing
Part Three of Six His name might not be too familiar, but he has the distinction of signing three of the most important documents of the American Revolutionary period; the petition to King George III of 1774, the Declaration of … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged Caesar Rodney, Constitution Convention, Continental Congress, George Read, King George III, Philadelphia, Signers of the U.S. Constitution, Thomas McKean, United States Constitution
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Six Signing Signers
Part One of Six On August 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the majority of the 56 men who would forever be known as the “Signers of the Declaration of Independence” placed quill to ink and affixed their signature. On September … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Brandywine, Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, George Clymer, George Washington, John Adams, John Hancock, Philadelphia, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, United States Constitution
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