Thomas Jefferson rightly receives the lionshare of credit for writing the Declaration of Independence, though he wasn’t the only founder who had a hand in its creation.
Following the introduction and debate of Richard Henry Lee’s resolution to dissolve ties with Great Britain, the Second Continental Congress appointed a Committee of Five...
Happy Independence Day to all our readers.
It’s one of those days when we all should remember and celebrate our own “Brexit”.
Enjoy this video President Ronald Reagan’s 1983 Independence Day address to the nation.
The Fourth of July is also called Independence Day.
“Independence”—as in “The Declaration of Independence”—meant that we had severed our ties with England and were autonomous, although it took many long years of struggle before we established our own government and its Constitution.
But “independence” also has a more...
There is excellent article at See Thru Education by Robert Paquette, Hamilton College Professor of History, who also is a co-founder of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization.
Previously, we have featured Prof. Paquette’s battles with
multicultural dogma on campus,
Western Civilization driven off campus at Hamilton College.
Prof. Paquette’s...
Via Michael Bechloss on Twitter, here is a draft of the Declaration of Independence:
There was an interesting point made by someone responding to the tweet. How much longer will it be before students cannot read cursive?
