365 Things I Believe: Necessary Evil
Although, these days, it’s a lot less necessary and a lot more evil. English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary Thomas Paine, author of the pamphlet Common Sense...
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Patrick Henry gave his famous “Giver me liberty or give me death” speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia on this day in 1775. Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1736, to...
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On this date in 1781 British General Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown effectively ending the American Revolutionary War thus creating the perfect nation that never, ever again had any troubles or...
View ArticleIs it Spring Yet?
The other day on Facebook, after a couple of gloriously warm weather days, I asked if it was safe to move my houseplants outside. I got a lot of “likes” and a lot of “laughs” but no real advice. It...
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On this day in 1776, the Lee Resolution proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia was passed by the Second Continental Congress and resolved that the Thirteen American Colonies were “free and...
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