One of the greatest things President Donald Trump has done for the country is to begin the long project of stripping our national parks and museums of anti-American bile. Earlier this year, I wrote about the New York Times’s special Fourth of July interview with Jia Lynn Yang, former national editor—and apparently quite an expert […] The post Who’s Telling ‘Yarns’ Now? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture Who’s Telling ‘Yarns’ Now? The New York Times and other elite institutions are protective of their own myths about the past. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) One of the greatest things President Donald Trump has done for the country is to begin the long project of stripping our national parks and museums of anti-American bile. Earlier this year, I wrote about the New York Times’s special Fourth of July interview with Jia Lynn Yang, former national editor—and apparently quite an expert on U.S. history . Her main point was that Americans who are…Open
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.
Professor Penn and Royce White mark America’s 250th anniversary by returning to Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence, and the unfinished moral contradictions at the heart of the founding. The conversation centers on Jefferson’s rejected anti-slavery passage, his warning that he preferred “dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery,” and the tension between America’s Christian principles and the compromises that allowed the country to be born. Penn and Royce connect slavery, abortion, the 14th Amendment, borders, feminism, identity politics, and the rule of law as recurring battles over ownership, freedom, responsibility, and truth. Royce argues that America’s founding promise was not comfort, dependency, or safety,…
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
Artist John Trumbull's iconic painting depicting the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress includes several Founding Fathers and delegates together — including some who never signed the document and others who were never in the room at the same time. The room depicted in the painting was based largely on a sketch Thomas Jefferson drew from memory while in Paris. Nexstar's Vinay Simlot reports from Washington, D.C. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays. #NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Two-hundred fifty years after the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson continues to embody America The post All Honor to Jefferson appeared first on The American Conservative .
America All Honor to Jefferson Two-hundred fifty years after the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson continues to embody America In June of 1826, the citizens of Washington, D.C. invited Thomas Jefferson to their celebration of America’s 50th Independence Day. His health failing, the Sage of Monticello sent his regrets : I should, indeed, with peculiar delight, have met and exchanged there congratulations personally with the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined with us on that day, in the bold and doubtful election we were to make for our country, between submission or the sword; and to have enjoyed with them the…Open
The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and political editor, Chris Stirewalt, mark the 250th Independence Day with a look at the revolutionary promise of 1776. From Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr., the two discuss liberty, equality and the enduring meaning of the Fourth of July. You can watch the full discussion here: https://thehill.com/newsletters/whole-hog-politics/whole-hog-politics-live-briefing/5952630-whole-hog-live-briefing-america-250-1776/ #America #America250 #UnitedStates #FourthofJuly #4thofJuly
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
