Freedom. Liberty. Democracy. These words constitute the ideology of the American Revolution. But ideology does not win wars. Ideology does not protect our freedom. Ideology does not provide for our national security.…
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...the United States gained its independence only after eight years of fighting from 1775 to 1783. Our independence was won not by parchment signed by colonial delegates to the Second Continental Congress, but by the soldiers of the Continental Army.…
A reenactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence took place in Gilbertsville’s Centennial Park immediately following the village’s annual July 4 parade, which featured approximately 45 entries. The reenactment was produced by the Town of Butternuts 250th Committee.…
At the end of the War of Independence, the Republic’s future was in doubt. The officers of the army were owed back pay, and Congress had promised them pensions for their service to the new country.…
Historically, American presidents during time of war have done what they thought was necessary to protect the homeland, not bothering about Constitutional niceties.…
James Madison warned in his 1785 “Memorial and Remonstrance” that even minimal government involvement in religion inevitably corrupts both institutions.…
Chip Northrup’s letter to the editor titled “‘We the People’ Versus Tyrants” that appeared in the April 24 edition of “The Freeman’s Journal” accurately portrayed my distant ancestor, John Adams, as an ardent critic of the tyranny of King George.…
The legal basis of the American Revolution and the pretext for the imminent revolt was the Declaration of Independence, which, appended to the high ideals of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of a happiness”—which are goals of the Enlightenment, not theocratic mandates...…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Adams Lost After One Term, But Eventually Got Over It (After retiring, one-term President John) Adams led a quiet life, tending to his farm, while Jefferson’s presidency came and went. Twelve years after he left Washington, Adams finally snapped out of his funk and sent a letter to his old rival… Jefferson wrote back immediately, remembering the long years in which “we were fellow laborers in the same cause.” For the next 14 years, a fountain of…
YOU CAN SEE ‘INVENTING’ NOW Sam Goodyear Featured In July 4 PBS’ TV Special “Inventing America: Conversations with the Founders,” featuring Sam Goodyear, formerly of Cooperstown and Oneonta, as John Adams, will air at 5:30 p.m. July 3 – this Sunday – on WSKG, the Binghamton public television station. “Making a Nation” – as this first segment is called – is about 60 minutes long, runs as an interview with three of the Declaration’s signers—Thomas Jefferson ( Bill Barker) and…
