Journey to the American Founding, 1774
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: May 2, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Some days you wake up and what you see surprises you. This is one of those days. War has started. Blood is spilled and flowing at Yellow Creek, in the upper...
Journey to the American Founding, 1774
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: April 25, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Every day you hear sounds that you know define your life. They show you where you are. The sounds heard in the last full week of April 1774 did much the...
Journey to the American Founding, 1774
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: April 18, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Henry Putnam of Medford, colony of Massachusetts has a year and a day to live. It will be at that time that he “turns out” as a 62-year old,...
1774, Journey to the American Founding
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: April 11, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Money shows its importance in a variety of ways on this day and week 250 years ago. A new printing of currency is approved by the Maryland colonial...
Journey to the American Founding, 1774
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: April 4, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 The terminology and spirit of constitutionalism and political philosophy has permeated much of daily life in the British colonies. Hannah Winthrop casts...
Journey to the American Founding, 1774
Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: March 28, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 The American spirit of voluntarism and voluntary associations was an observation made by Alexis de Tocqueville in the 1830s. His analysis picked up on a...
