Tag: Samuel Adams
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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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Our Nation’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation: NOT Namby-Pamby
by Dr. Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2025 (Nov. 23, 2025) — Thanksgiving is around the corner. That holiday is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots, our godly heritage. Although Virginia rightfully proclaims that the first Thanksgiving was in Jamestown in 1619, not in Plymouth in 1621, the Plymouth one became the proto-type of our…
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A Politically Incorrect Prayer
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2024 (Jun. 14, 2024) — This year happens to be the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the first Congress (then known as the Continental Congress). Its first session opened in prayer. And Congress has opened each session in prayer since then. But earlier this year, the prayer opening…
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America: A Refuge for Civil and Religious Liberty (1776)
SAMUEL ADAMS PROCLAIMS THE NEED FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE by James Still, ©2017, RetraceOurSteps.com (Aug. 1, 2017) — On July 8, 1776, a huge crowd gathered outside the Philadelphia State House, now called Independence Hall, to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams witnessed the event: “The Declaration was… proclaimed from that…
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The News Media, Progressive Co-Conspirators and Racketeers
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Mar. 12, 2017) — What is the purpose of news? Any reasonable person would say that it is to find out what is happening of importance locally in their city, county, or state, what is happening nationally in their own country and what…
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Musings of a Madman
“MAY YOUR CHAINS SET LIGHTLY UPON YOU…” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jan. 18, 2016) — On many occasions the inspiration for what becomes a Rant can be found in my dimly lit bedroom on the ceiling above my head somewhere near 4 in the morning. Sometimes, like today, the motivation…
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Reconstitute the “Sons of Liberty” to Save Our Republic
“ACTS OF TYRANNY” by Bob Russell, ©2015, blogging at Conservative Daily News (Dec. 28, 2015) — I have been watching the History Channel miniseries entitled “The Sons of Liberty” (http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of-liberty/about), the story of the beginnings of the colonies throwing off the yoke of British tyranny. Samuel Adams and his group of patriots banded together with…
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Civil Religion Evangelicals
“THE INDIVIDUAL VS. THE COLLECTIVE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 12, 2015) — “The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his…
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Revolutionary Wars; 2nd One Coming
“LIBERTY, NOT WAR” by Bob Russell, ©2015, blogging at Conservative Daily News (Nov. 24, 2015) — I have an interest in military history and am quite knowledgeable about the founding of this once great nation. I have noticed on many social network sites that some call Americans cowards, and worse, because We the People have…
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An Unholy, Unhealthy, Freedom-Destroying Relationship
“JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Sep. 24, 2015) — “A standing military force, with an overgrown executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war,…
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The Midnight Ride (1775) pb
“THE MOON SHONE BRIGHT” by James Still, ©2015 (Mar. 1, 2015) — The “Mechanics” was the first patriot intelligence network. Paul Revere, a member of this spy ring, rode to Lexington with William Dawes (who was sent by a different route) to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of British troop movement. Here is Revere’s…
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Mainstream Media Editorial Claims Opposition to Obama’s Policies “Treason”
ARE OBAMA SYCOPHANTS GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS? by Sharon Rondeau, h/t BirtherReport (Feb. 1, 2015) — In a January 31 editorial published at The Trentonian, author L.A. Parker claimed that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit last Saturday, “appeared to engage Obama’s birthplace and religious background.” Quoting Christie when he…
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The Minute Men (1775) pb
“ANIMATED WITH AN UNQUENCHABLE LOVE OF LIBERTY” by James Still, ©2015 (Jan. 1, 2015) — Tensions were high as the Colonists awaited a response from England. Minute Men, hand-selected within the militia, were prepared to respond to an emergency given only a moment’s notice. “… General Gage, whether from his own Motives or the Instructions…
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Early American Thanksgiving Proclamations
WHAT IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR? by George Washington, ©1789 (Nov. 27, 2014) — [New York, 3 October 1789] Page Image. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his…
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The Suffolk Resolves – Oct 2014
PASSED TO PROTEST THE COERCIVE ACTS, BEGIN ARMING LOCAL MILITIA by James Still, ©2014 (Oct. 2, 2014) — With British oppression escalating, leaders within Suffolk County, Massachusetts, approved nineteen resolutions. The Resolutions were carried to Philadelphia and endorsed by the Continental Congress. “… the most sacred obligations are upon us to transmit [this new World]……
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The Intolerable Acts – July 2014
“THE STROKE OF VENGEANCE” by James Still, ©2014 (Jul. 1, 2014) — Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed several punitive acts. The colonies referred to them as The Intolerable Acts. The Boston Port Act, the first of these acts, closed Boston Harbor. Samuel Adams was asked to write the other colonies: “I am desired…
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Boston Tea Party (Part 2 of 3) – May 2014 pb
“OPPOSITION TO TYRANNY” by James Still, ©2014 (May 1, 2014) —[Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation of historical research by the author into the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and specifically, the role of Founding Father Samuel Adams in those events.] A month following the Boston Tea Party, Samuel…
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Founding History, April 2014 pb
“EVERY CHEST OF TEA…WAS THROWN INTO THE SEA” by James Still, ©2014 (Apr. 22, 2014) — In 2009, like many concerned citizens, I was frustrated with Party Politics. I was watching TV one evening and listened as someone quoted the Founders to illustrate their point. I immediately felt our Founders might have the answers for…
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An Open Letter to All Americans: Wake Up! pb
OPEN YOUR EYES, USE YOUR COMMON SENSE, EXAMINE THE FACTS, AND APPLY SOME INTELLECTUAL HONESTY by TPATH Contributor “The American Patriot” (Feb. 26, 2014) — Somehow, some way, I would hope that this article would be disseminated throughout the land and read by all Americans. No doubt read enthusiastically by those patriots who fully understand…
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Update on Case of Child Kidnapped by Massachusetts DCF
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LAND OF PAUL REVERE? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 24, 2014) — On Monday evening, The Post & Email received an update issued by Liberty Counsel on the Pelletier family, whose 15-year-old daughter was placed into the care of Massachusetts child protective services approximately one year ago after Boston Children’s Hospital…