December 25, 1778 – Plain Truth Responds to Common Sense
In 1778, the Pennsylvania Packet published a series of letters, back and forth, between Thomas Paine and the author of Plain Truth (perhaps James Chalmers), a loyalist tract. On Christmas […]
In 1778, the Pennsylvania Packet published a series of letters, back and forth, between Thomas Paine and the author of Plain Truth (perhaps James Chalmers), a loyalist tract. On Christmas […]
When asked about the situation involving Kim Davis, David Barton claimed that “the Founding Fathers made it real clear that the laws of God are higher than the laws of […]
As we approach the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, let me offer this eyewitness account from the British perspective. A few things struck me as interesting about […]
By 1777, the local population of Berks County had had enough. Reading, the County seat, had been a POW camp, a general hospital, and a military depot for at least […]
Really, I just really wanted to use ‘melancholy’ in a title of a blog post. It may be a little ironic that I find the word so pleasing to say […]
Deplorable. Tragic. Unrelenting. But don’t take my word for it. On 28 October 1780, The Pennsylvania Packet (pages 1-2) ran the deposition of Peter Ozeas, of Reading, Pennsylvania, who gave […]
While watching the (highly entertaining) movie The Da Vinci Code, despite its many (many) historical inaccuracies and fictional portrayals of organizations and Christian origins, one line struck me as overly […]
One of my favorite scenes in the movie Gettysburg (1992) is when actor Richard Jordan (who unfortunately passed shortly after the release of the movie), playing Lewis Armistead and James […]
As I delve further into the background narrative of the Revolutionary War in America, I’m learning a great deal more about the power of rhetoric and fiction in the development […]
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