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On This Day : “The Kings Mountain Messenger” was Born
Wednesday, 08 August 2018
On this day, August 8th, 1754 in Philadelphia, PA, Joseph Greer was born. One of eleven children, his family would move to the frontier of Staunton, Virginia and later the Watauga River area
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On This Day: George Washington Creates Three Military Honors
Tuesday, 07 August 2018
In his General Orders of August 7, 1782 issued from his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, George Washington decreed the creation of two Honorary Badges of Distinction and a Badge
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On This Day: Captain John Parker
Friday, 13 July 2018
On this day, July 13th 1729, Captain John Parker was born. “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin
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On This Day: First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Monday, 09 July 2018
On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read for the first time in New York in front of George Washington and his troops. In reaction to what had
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On This Day: Hugh M. Brackenridge Delivers an Eulogium
Thursday, 05 July 2018
On this day in 1779, Hugh M. Brackenridge delivers an Eulogium to those gathered in Pennsylvania to honor those who have fallen during the Revolutionary War: “IT is the high
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On This Day: Colonel Israel Angell
Friday, 04 May 2018
On this day, May 4th, 1918, the relocated graves of Colonel Israel Agnell and his first wife, Martha, were dedicated at a ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island. Israel Agnell was born
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On This Day: A Second Copy of the Declaration of Independence Discovered
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
On April 24th, 2017 a second copy of the Declaration of Independence was discovered in Chichester, England. The copy is believed to have been commissioned by Charles Lennox, Third Duke
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On This Day: The Massachusetts Spy
Monday, 16 April 2018
The Massachusetts Spy was a colonial weekly newspaper founded in 1770 by Isaiah Thomas and his former master, Zechariah Fowle; later Thomas would buy out Fowle to become sole publisher.
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On This Day: Patrick Henry
Friday, 23 March 2018
If you’ve only heard the last line, Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia legislature on March 23rd, 1775 is worth reading in it’s entirety. Henry spoke as a delegate to
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On This Day: Crispus Attucks
Monday, 05 March 2018
On this day, March 5th 1770, Crispus Attucks is killed during the Boston Massacre. The first to defy, The first to die. On March 5, 1770, British soldiers Captain-Lieutenant John Goldfinch
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