American Thinker By Craig Seibert In 1826, Americans did not see the men's passing away 50 years after their Declaration of Independence as mere coincidence, but as deeply symbolic.
They came to unite the colonies — and nearly failed on the first day. Before independence… before war… America’s fate was decided inside one quiet hall. In September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress, responding to Britain’s Intolerable Acts and debating how far resistance should go. What began with arguments over rules, voting, and even whether to open with a prayer soon became the first true test of American unity. Over seven tense weeks, figures like John Adams, George Washington, and Patrick Henry wrestled with impossible questions: Could the colonies act together? Could they resist British tyranny without war? And what would unity cost? This episode explores how the…
The quiet hours of July 3, 1776 remind us that nations are not ultimately sustained by wealth, armies, or political power. There are moments in history when Providence appears to suspend time itself. The sun still rises. Men continue their labors. Horses traverse muddy streets. Church bells toll as they always have. Yet beneath the […] The post July 3, 1776: The Sacred Silence Before the Birth of a Nation appeared first on StoneZone .
The quiet hours of July 3, 1776 remind us that nations are not ultimately sustained by wealth, armies, or political power. There are moments in history when Providence appears to suspend time itself. The sun still rises. Men continue their labors. Horses traverse muddy streets. Church bells toll as they always have. Yet beneath the familiar rhythms of ordinary life, eternity quietly turns a page. July 3, 1776 was such a day. It was the last full day before a small assembly of imperfect yet extraordinary men would forever alter the destiny of mankind by proclaiming that liberty is not a favor bestowed by earthly rulers, but a sacred inheritance granted by Almighty God. We rightly celebrate July 4 as the birthday of the United States. Yet…Open
America's 250 years have been divided into 47 presidencies, served by 45 men. - A new exhibit on display in the lobby of Goldman Sachs' global headquarters in New York City brings each presidency to life. Artist Salvatore Catalano pairs a portrait of every president with a quote that captures the era or the individual. Why it matters: "Most Americans can't name the presidents, much less tell you what they look like," Catalano tells Axios. "This was a labor of love." - "Portraits are very important to me," says Catalano, who's spent decades developing a distinctive style of color, shadow and light in portraiture. "We look at a list of names, but there's no color there. There's no brilliance, no blood." Zoom in: He used quotes from each…
“The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected, from 1760...
“The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected, from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington.” –John Adams to Thomas Jefferson (1815) It is very doubtful that there should have been a successful American Revolution if the colonists had the opportunity to avail themselves of Twitter or TikTok. If Samuel Adams and John Hancock had a video podcast, I suspect we would all still be speaking the King’s English. This view runs counter to the populist instincts dominating political discourse today –and runs afoul of the utopianism of the technologists who promise us that ubiquitous access to information is the key to liberation.1 Surely, one might argue, if…Open
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Known as the "Conscience of the Revolution" and described as perhaps the most formidable female intellectual in eighteenth-century America, Mercy Otis Warren was a poet, historian, and playwright. She believed in the Revolution and played an integral role in capturing, shaping, and moving the cause forward. Born in 1728 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Mercy Otis was the third of thirteen children and the family’s oldest daughter. She grew up in a household where her intellectual and academic pursuits were encouraged, which was unusual for women at the time. She married James Warren, a politician, in 1754, and they had five sons. Defying custom and convention, Warren was openly political, engaging with many great figures and thinkers like…
As we celebrate the semiquincentennial, we should remember who we were. The post America: A Forgotten Idea appeared first on The American Conservative .
America America: A Forgotten Idea As we celebrate the semiquincentennial, we should remember who we were. Twelve score and ten years ago, the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence made a break in history. They signed their death warrants on July 4, 1776, to secure unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, i.e., the opportunity to march to your own drummer without fear of domestic predation or foreign aggression—the summit of civilization. The end of government and civil society was to be justice, making everyone’s station in life correspond to character and accomplishments, simpliciter. Justice…Open
QUINCY, MA — Weary from a major smallpox outbreak in her area, the wife of John Adams claimed she was starting to believe this whole thing about a "Continental Congress" was made up by her husband as an excuse to go hang out with the boys.
'John Adams took a tankard of hard cider'