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Friends of 1776
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Exploring the Significance of the American Revolution, Its People and Events
- Added on: Apr 30th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Your Most Outstanding Revolutionary War Personality? Mine is John Hancock
Some months ago, I was interested in which Founding Father you considered the greatest. My choice was John Adams. This may have come as a surprise, but his intellect and perseverance to the cause of American independence was unparalleled. Your respon...
The Lottery Wars -- Book Review
Gambling can generate big news. Several days ago, Michael Hiltzik (Los Angeles Times, Business, October 19, 2009) wrote about “calling America’s bluff on online gambling”. The Internet may undergo a dramatic change. Barney Frank (D – Massachu...
Gambling in America
Gambling, gaming, cards, lotteries, racing – they were an integral part of daily life during America’s Revolution. Frequenting gaming parlors and taverns was considered pleasant entertainment for aristocratic gentlemen. They were sophisticated an...
Revolution -- Movie Review
I am very afraid of revolutions.They are violent, unpredictable, original rebels often end up as strongmen or dictators. Just consider Castro. Or more recently, the strong man of Chechnya, Kadyrov. Usually the evils of a previous regime are substitut...
What is Our Bill of Rights?
We had another constitutional milestone to commemorate this September.On September 25, 1789, the 1st U.S. Congress sent twelve constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. This was completed on December 15, 1791. The first ten became our...
The Madness of King George -- Movie Review
The Madness of King George has an outstanding cast, excellent production, beautiful music adapted from Handel. It received the Art Direction Oscar in 1994. I wouldn’t buy it as a gift or even watch it for any type of relaxing entertainment. The the...
