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This Day in History: King George refuses Olive Branch Petition
Today marks the day in which Continental Congress delegates asked the Earl of Dartmouth if King George III had responded to the so-called Olive Branch Petition. On September 1, 1775 the Earl replied that the King refused to receive the petition. The petition was written in response to the horrible...
Glenn Beck’s Founders’ Fridays: July 9th
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to introduce a weekly column about Glenn Beck’s “Founders’ Fridays.” Stay tuned each weekend for a recap of Beck’s weekly discussion of our Founders and the principles that make our country great. Once each week, Glenn Beck takes a break from politics and turns his...
Life, Liberty, and Benign Monarchy
One year ago, the New York Times’s Kathleen DuVal examined the forms of government that existed in the world at the time of the American Revolution. In particular she looks at Native American leadership, which was based on a series of chiefs with limited power, who ruled through persuasion rather than...
Quotations of the Day: John Dickinson
John Dickinson was a hero of the American Revolution and one of our most important, albeit underrated, Founders. From 1767-1768, he authored Letters From A Pennsylvania Farmer, which played a crucial role in uniting the colonists to revolution. Here are several great quotations from his inspiring essay: “…my dear countrymen,...
June 17th: The Battle of Bunker Hill
During the night of June 16th, 1775, 1200 colonists journeyed from the rebel camp in Watertown, Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Samuel Prescott. When the sun rose in Boston, on June 17th, colonists and the occupying British soldiers alike awoke to see an earthen redoubt had been built atop...
George Washington and the Balanced Checkbook
One of our Founders’ greatest legacies is their appreciation of the virtue of prudence. Prudence is essentially the ability to run one’s own life with reason, moderation, and discipline, and to make careful, wise, and well-informed choices. It came as no surprise, then, when I read this WalletPop article about...
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
“We have every opportunity and every encouragement before us to form the noblest, purest constitution on the face of the earth” –Thomas Paine Thomas Paine wrote his pamphlet, Common Sense, in order to plead the case for why the American people should want to separate from Great Britain and pledge...
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
“We have every opportunity and every encouragement before us to form the noblest, purest constitution on the face of the earth” –Thomas Paine Thomas Paine wrote his pamphlet, Common Sense, in order to plead the case for why the American people should want to separate from Great Britain and pledge...
John Adams Miniseries
HBO’s John Adams miniseries brings to life the story of John Adams, our second President and one of the most influential Founders. The series follows John and his wife, Abigail, from the time of the Boston Massacre to their post-presidential years at Peacefield, highlighting their many trials – both political...
Our Founders at Home
Our Founders were extraordinary individuals with a profound vision for the new nation. However extraordinary their vision, they shared a love of family and community that transcends history and makes them as human as any of us. To best understand people, visit them inside the comfort of their own homes...