Americanism Redux March 26, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 Every sense you have says the same thing—a big, new reality is all around me. From what I see, hear, smell, and feel, it's true, it's now, and it's going to stay this way. And yet, the thought of applying a label, of giving it a name, seems hard. Yet...it's easy for others. … [Read more...]
August 5-Today-250 Years Ago
August 5, 2022 by
Americanism Redux August 5, 250 years ago today Lay the paper flat on the table. Hold the edges down. Write the terms of agreement. Sign your name. Change our world. Today, in Vienna, Joseph II, co-emperor of Austria with his mother, Maria Theresa, announces his written agreement to a plan that divides up the eastern portion of the fledgling nation of Poland. Frederick II, king of … [Read more...]
