Tag: American Revolution
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Signing Your Own Death Warrant?
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2026 (Aug. 7, 2026) — Put yourself in the buckled shoes of the founding fathers centuries ago, picking up a quill pen, and then signing your name on a document, the Declaration of Independence. This could have been signing your own death warrant. Last month we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the acceptance of…
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A Tale of Two Revolutions
by Frederick Andrew Wolf, Jr., New American Prophet, ©2025 (Jul. 4, 2025) — It’s the middle of the summer, and once more our thoughts turn to that special place in our consciousness we reserve for July 4th. We will again celebrate what we have and how we got it. We may even argue over how…
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Lexington-Concord at 250
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2025 (Apr. 13, 2025) — Quick question. How many towns or cities in America are named Lexington? Amazingly, the answer is 25. But the original Lexington, the one the others are named after, is the one in Massachusetts. It was there (and at the sleepy hamlet of Concord six miles away)…
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Let Us Not Forget our Nation’s Flag Day
by John Anthony, The Truth Monster, ©2024 (Jun. 14, 2024) — June 14, 1777: During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”…
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Die Fahne heute zu Hause
by Johannes Froebel-Parker, ©2024 (May 31, 2024) — From the youngest age Father would take brother, our pet dachshund, Otto, and me to the cemetery founded by his 2nd great-grandfather, a Revolutionary War Veteran. Asa Parker enlisted at age 17 in the 23rd New England Regiment from his home in Rhode Island. He had set…
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Convention of States Desperately Needed
by Bob Russell, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — Our founders gave We the People the power to amend the Constitution by calling for a Constitutional Convention. Doing so is difficult but can be done, and MUST be done if We the People have any hope of reeling in an out-of-control federal government, virtually an oligarchy…
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The Submission of France
by Cauf Skiviers, Cultural Inappropriation, ©2023 (Jul. 3, 2023) — “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Aristotle The French Revolution was remarkably inspired by the American Revolution, but the two movements led to very different outcomes. The American Revolution was a success that led to peace, democracy, prosperity, and freedom. On the other hand, the French Revolution…
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17- The Democratic Revolution
by ProfDave, ©2022 (May 12, 2022) — Good Morning, ladies and gentlemen! I know it probably isn’t morning for most of you, but let’s pretend. At the end of the 18th century there were a series of upheavals that shook European civilization from the Mississippi to the Volga. It marks the dividing line between early…
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Constitutional Assumptions Make a Difference
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Jan. 17, 2022) — The American constitution, arguably the most durable and successful in history, rests upon some fundamental assumptions about the nature of mankind. Assumptions ultimately derived from Christianity. The French Revolution, by way of contrast, which produced unsuccessful constitutions, changed like underwear, rested upon different assumptions, derived from Enlightenment and…
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Live Streaming of “Stop the Steal” Pre-Rally
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 5, 2021) — RightSide Broadcasting Network (RSBN) is broadcasting live from Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, where supporters of President Donald Trump have convened to object to what they see as a “steal” of the November 3 presidential election. At approximately 6:45 p.m. ET, George Papadopoulos and his wife Simona spoke,…
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Marquis de Lafayette: America Loved Lafayette (1834)
“A LONG AND EVENTFUL LIFE” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2017 (Oct. 1, 2017) — Marquis de Lafayette served passionately during America’s Revolution. Along with Benjamin Franklin, Lafayette helped to obtain France’s involvement in our Revolution. Lafayette also helped secure a victory at Yorktown. During his final visit to America in 1824, Lafayette became the first…
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An Appeal to Heaven (1775)
“HE WHO TRANSPLANTED SUSTAINS” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2017 (May 1, 2017) — If found guilty in a court of law, an accused has a right to appeal to a higher court. Prior to the American Revolution, the Colonists presented their grievances to the court of King George III many times and pleaded for justice. …
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Great Generations
“EXPULSION FROM PARADISE IS LESS THAN ONE GENERATION AWAY” by RoseAnn Salanitri, TPATH Contributor, ©2017 (Feb. 27, 2017) — The two competing factions in these United States have ideological differences that motivate them that are as different as the serpent’s and God’s in the Garden of Eden. While God made the right way of living…
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Battle of Trenton (1776)
“WHAT CAN’T MEN DO WHEN ENGAGED IN SO NOBLE A CAUSE?” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com (Dec. 1, 2016) — It was 3:00 a.m. when the last piece of artillery crossed the Delaware. General Washington gathered his troops and, in the unrelenting storm, began the nine-mile march to Trenton. Despite arriving after daylight and three hours…
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Constitutional Educator Lauds Unknown Heroes of the American Revolution
“AND WE DON’T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 25, 2016) — In a special Thanksgiving edition on Thursday, constitutional scholar and instructor KrisAnne Hall devoted her radio show to the many unnamed heroes of the American Revolution, some of whom were once slaves but achieved their freedom for agreeing to fight with…
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Big Cities Spawn Corrupt Socialists Like Hillary Clinton
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Nov. 6, 2016) — At the start of this great country, around 1776, there might have been 3 million inhabitants of the Continental United States, mostly concentrated along the East Coast in the original thirteen colonies, not including the native population. Now at 320,000,000,…
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The Obama Eligibility Question – Part I
THE NATURAL BORN CITIZEN – WHAT THE FOUNDERS INTENDED by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2016 (Oct. 11, 2016) — As the nation enters the final days of the 2016 presidential election, Democrats have once again resurrected the “birther” issue, charging that Republican candidate Donald Trump is somehow unfit to serve because he once raised questions about Barack…
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The American Crisis (1776)
“I CALL NOT UPON A FEW, BUT UPON ALL” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2016 (Oct. 10, 2016) — In the fall of 1776, the American army lost to British forces at Long Island (NY), White Plains (NY), Ft. Washington and Ft. Lee. Historians estimate over 500 Americans were killed and over 4000 American soldiers were…
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It’s Not About Assault Rifles, It’s About Defending Freedom
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Jul. 17, 2016) — In our recent article entitled, “What Was That 4th of July Freedom Again?” we described what happened to freedom since Patrick Henry uttered those immortal words, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death.” We laid out the details on…
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What Was That 4th of July Freedom Again?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Jul. 2, 2016) — As Patrick Henry’s cry of freedom, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death” echoes across the passages of time, has it not become meaningless in the 241 years since it was uttered at the Virginia Convention on March 23,…