American Revolution
This is the grave of Joseph Warren. Born in 1741 in Roxbury, Massachuestts, Warren grew up in the respectable class of his colony. His father was a reasonably well off.
This is the grave of Roger Sherman. Born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1721, Roger Sherman moved with his family to Connecticut in 1743, where he rapidly rose in the colony's.
This is the grave of George Washington. There's one much one can say about Washington, so just a couple of points. 1) His choosing to step down from power peacefully.
For your evening reading, check out this Sam Haselby discussion of the United States as a secularist nation, including understanding its Protestant intellectual origins, the heresy of men like Thomas.
This is the grave of Nathanael Greene. Nathanael Greene, Rhode Island's biggest contribution to the American Revolution, was born in 1742 in Warwick. He didn't do anything particularly unusual before.
And here I thought it was just Thomas Jefferson who bought into those effete Europeans and their wine. But no, it turns out that both sides do it! I was.
On this July 4, I embraced the fruits of this great land. Well, technically the fruits of our salt marsh ponds as I gorged myself on this pile of fried.
This July 4, remember the true cost of freedom: These wild, towering conflagrations garnered support at the beginning of the twentieth century from an unlikely quarter: the national movement for.