Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding
By: Rob Natelson The reverse side of the dollar bill reproduces the Great Seal of the United States. On the left is the back of the seal. It features two ...
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American Cincinnatus: A Victorious General Refuses a Crown
By: Joe Wolverton, II On December 4, 1783, at Fraunces Tavern, the popular public house located at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets in Manhattan, General George Washington delivered ...
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The Republic was not Kept: Benjamin Franklin’s Constitution Day Prediction
By: Michael Boldin “A republic … if you can keep it” September 17, 1787 – the day the constitution was signed. We all know Benjamin Franklin’s famous line. But he ...
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No Obedience is Due: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
By: Michael Boldin “No obedience is due from this province to either or any part of the acts above-mentioned, but that they be rejected as the attempts of a wicked administration ...
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Forgotten Foundation: The Story of Small Things Grow Great by Concord
By: Michael Boldin How do you beat the biggest government in history? The founders did it, but they knew there’s no silver bullet. The path to liberty isn’t flashy. It’s ...
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The Pen, the Phone, and the Presidency: A Roman Warning Against the Rise of the American Caesar
By: Joe Wolverton, II In the fading light of the Roman Republic, as senators dithered and people cried out for relief from chaos, an ambitious few found the imperial mantle ...
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Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
By: Michael Boldin We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on ...
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Virginia Declaration of Rights: The Legal Right to Alter or Abolish Government
By: Michael Boldin Ask around today and you’ll find most people treat rebellion like a relic – something you read about in school, never something you do. That wasn’t how ...
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War Powers: The True History of James Madison, the Constitution and the War of 1812
By: Mike Maharrey In the early years of the United States under the Constitution, James Madison made one of the most compelling constitutional arguments against unilateral presidential war powers. Through ...
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James Madison’s Speech that Set the Stage for the Bill of Rights
By: TJ Martinell On June 8 1789, the “Father of the Constitution” James Madison rose on the floor of Congress to propose a series of significant amendments, setting the stage ...
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