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 […]
Category: American History/ Heritage
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 […]
Washington’s Mount Vernon
The Revolutionary War In The South
With a generous mention of Guilford Courthouse:
The Southern Prophets Who Foretold American Big Government
Jose Nino has a good article about several southern Anti-Federalists who were among those during the Founding and the early days of the Republic who warned about the Constitution leaving open a pathway for those who would increase the power and size of the federal government at the expense of […]
Valley Forge
American Revolution Interpretation
Importance Of The Electoral College
The Jefferson Memorial
Easily my favorite monument in Washington, D.C.: