Live Free or Die: Joseph Warren Meant Every Word
Live Free or Die! For Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren, this was no mere slogan – it was a way of life – and death. Despite the fact that Dr. Joseph Warren is of the greatest American war heroes in history, he’s mostly ignored today – especially...
Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves of 1765: Spark of the Revolution
“Not bound to yield obedience.” That was no mere slogan. It was a warning – and a call to action printed across the colonies in 1765. The British had just passed the hated Stamp Act. But in Virginia, a 29-year-old freshman legislator named Patrick...
No Deal for Gun Control: North Carolina and the “Wicked Rebellion” Against the British
NO DEAL – That was the response from the Sons of Liberty and other North Carolina patriots in 1776 to a British “offer” – surrender your guns, abandon your allies, give up your right to local self-government – in exchange for a promise of...