No Obedience is Due: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
“No obedience is due from this province to either or any part of the acts above-mentioned, but that they be rejected as the attempts of a wicked administration to enslave America.” Today in history – September 9, 1774 – from the Suffolk Resolves, drafted...
Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on July 2nd, 1776. Twelve colonies voted in favor. None opposed. New York abstained because its delegates...
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...