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The smoke from the fireworks has cleared. The memories of parades and picnics have faded. The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence has come and gone.…
One day when I was boy learning how to do multiplication, my mother asked me, “What’s 222 times 8?” I thought about it for a second and realized it would…
The latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features Christopher Flannery’s take on the American Revolution’s significance. How should we think about the American Revolution on the 250th anniversary of the…
One gentleman in North Carolina stood out during the American Revolution as the ultimate leader of men. Whether fighting on the battlefield, speaking in the colonial assembly room, watching over…
Dan McLaughlin writes for National Review Online about the loss of one of America’s most eminent historical experts, the former John Locke Foundation headliner Gordon Wood. The great American historian…
As we get closer to the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, it’s important to go back and explore the roots of the document. Much of…
Today is the 251st anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The document was joyously celebrated last year in Charlotte with heightened pageantry on its 250th birthday, and this year…
Before the Edenton Tea Party’s 1774 protest against the tax on tea, before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775 (it’s on the North Carolina flag!), and before…
This Sunday, April 12, North Carolinians celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves being adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress in Halifax, North Carolina. The Halifax Resolves represent the…
The anniversary of the American Revolution’s Battle of Guilford Courthouse is being honored this weekend in Greensboro. The battle was fought on March 15, 1781. After skirmishes and chases through…
When you consider the coming of the American Revolution to the colony of North Carolina 250 years ago, you might be tempted to take for granted the remarkable circumstances that…
When North Carolina’s Fifth Provincial Congress convened in Halifax on November 12, 1776, the delegates undertook a daunting task that would define North Carolina. In just five weeks, they debated,…