Jeff Wolverton for the Abbeville Institute discusses the film, Young Washington, that is now playing in theaters. He takes issue with certain inaccuracies in the film. But he also calls attention to an amazing scene toward the end of the film when an American Indian expresses the belief that Washington […]
Category: American History/ Heritage
Thoughts On Religious Liberty
Excellent, brief analysis:
See “Young Washington”
I had the opportunity to see the Angel Studios film, “Young Washington”, yesterday. It is currently in theaters. It was very well done; and I enjoyed it a great deal. The film begins during his childhood. But it covers especially his period in the Ohio Territories surveying, and later helping […]
Freedom Plaza: 21 Revolutionary Statues And The British Prison Ships
The only drawback is that you have to go to D.C. to see it. A discussion of Caesar Rodney of Delaware and his statue; and the largely unknown, deplorable conditions on the British prison ships:
The Bowling Green Statue
I had walked through Bowling Green many times as a young person and was completely unaware of this bit of history:
Revolutionary War Figures Persisted In Spite Of Adversity, Setbacks
Part of the formula was that they perceived the hand of God was behind their efforts, and that He was faithful:
More Willie Jones: Revolutionary North Carolina Founding Father
Jose Nino, Abbeville Institute: When the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, North Carolina elected Willie Jones as a delegate, but he declined to accept his seat, recognizing that the gathering intended to create a centralized government that would diminish state sovereignty. A wealthy planter, radical Jeffersonian, and the foremost […]
What You May Not Have Known About The Dollar Bill
The most recent issue of Imprimis has a neat description of the circumstances surrounding the death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the 4th of July, 1826. But it also describes the creation of the Great Seal of the United States, both sides of which appear on the back […]
North Carolina’s Tenth Amendment Guy
We learn from Walt Garlington that a figure in NC history– Thomas Burke from Hillsborough– advocated heavily for and originated some of the early language at the time of our nation’s founding that ultimately led to the Tenth Amendment. This, of course, is the constitutional provision that grants the states […]