Alter or Abolish: The Forgotten Declaration that Said it First
Everyone knows the words “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,” but the Declaration of Independence wasn’t first. Three weeks earlier, on June 12, 1776 – George Mason wrote that same principle into a document that most...
Whiskey Rebellion Truth: Noncompliance, Resistance, and Federal Retreat
Almost everything taught about the Whiskey Rebellion stems from a coverup. The prevailing myth presents an unbeatable federal government easily crushing resistance, discouraging any modern challenge to centralized power. But the real history tells a very different...
Today in History: Fairfax Resolves Condemning British Constitutional Violations Adopted
On July 18, 1774, a committee led by George Washington in Fairfax County, Virginia, voted to adopt the Fairfax Resolves condemning British actions against the colonies, and calling for an embargo on British imports and exports. It represented growing colonial...