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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 March 2013 On this day in 1820, Maine joined the union as the 23rd state, part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The population of Maine at that time was nearly 300,000 and the territory consisted of nine counties and 236 towns. It took delegates three weeks in October of 1819 to finalize a state constitution, with the convention presided over by […]

todayMarch 15, 2015

Interviews

Kevin Gutzman – Crimea Vote Shows Stupidity Of McCain, Obama Threatens Russia

Kevin Gutzman - Crimea Part I EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece was originally Published on: Mar 18, 2014 Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "So the vote has transpired.  Crimeans, by all accounts, have overwhelmingly voted to join the Russian Federation.  Of course, our first reaction to this, from the president, is: I’m not recognizing the vote because Crimea and Putin have violated the Ukrainian constitution, which I don’t know if they […]

todayJanuary 15, 2015

Transcripts

Hessians Tortured And Killed Americans, But Did George Washington Torture Them?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "On August 28, the Hessians bayoneted a couple hundred Continentals, killed them right there on the spot, no mercy whatsoever.  Same thing happened in October when Fort Washington fell on Manhattan Island to the Hessians and to the British regulars.  The British regulars, for the most part, didn’t participate in this.  They let the Hessians do the dirty work. So don’t tell me there’s no […]

todayDecember 16, 2014 2

Transcripts

Contempt and the Constitution

Whiskey Rebellion Shows Contempt Constitution Had For Regular Folks Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Wythe Holt wrote a paper a few years back titled “The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794: A Democratic Working-Class Insurrection.”  I want to share just some of the introductory pieces of this.  I think you’re about to hear some things that you had never heard before, were unprepared to hear, and you may have to digest and […]

todayNovember 18, 2014 1

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 31 July

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 31 July On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress issued “Resolutions of Congress on Lord North’s Conciliatory Proposal.” The proposal had been an attempt to divide the colonies by urging one or more colonies to abandon the others. British Parliament offered colonies to the chance to contribute to parliament’s “common defense” in order to be exempted from certain taxes. Virginia was first […]

todayJuly 30, 2014 1

Transcripts

Washington Was Humble In Foreign Policy When He Didn’t Have To Be

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – There’s a marvelous story behind George Washington’s farewell address and the iterations that it went through.  Madison started writing on it and helping Washington out.  Something happened between Madison and Washington so Madison didn’t finish the job.  Then Washington turned to Hamilton to put the finishing touches on it to prepare the address so he could put it in the form that he could publish […]

todayJuly 29, 2014

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 26 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1727, that of Horatio Gates. Gates was born in England and moved to America at 22, fought during the French and Indian War, and then returned to England. He didn’t return to the U.S. until 1772, at which point he purchased […]

todayJuly 26, 2014 3

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 17 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. Another birthday on this day in 1744, that of Elbridge Gerry. Gerry assumed the office of vice president under President Madison after George Clinton died in office, and Gerry too died in office less than two years later.

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