The American Revolution and the Bud Light rebellion
Just as rum sparked the American Revolution, perhaps Bud Light will spark a rebellion against woke tyranny.
Continue readingConservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Just as rum sparked the American Revolution, perhaps Bud Light will spark a rebellion against woke tyranny.
Continue readingToday marks the single most important battle in our nation’s history, George Washington’s decisive victory over the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton on Dec. 26, 1776 saved the American Revolution from certain failure. General It is impossible to overstate the importance of the Continental Army’s stunning victory this day
Continue readingVisiting colonial-era towns, homes, and battlefields reminded me that we are very different from our independence-seeking forbearers.
Continue readingHoliday & Observances: Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul; Burns Night; Dydd Santes Dwynwen Major Events: Shay’s Rebellion; Battle of the Bulge Notable Events: Battle of the Zab; Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn; Battle of Mikatagahara; Mendelssohn, Strauss, Alexander Graham Bell, 101 Dalmatians, Mother Teresa, Norwegian Rocket Incident; Execution
Continue readingHolidays & Observances: Feast of Anthony the Great Major Events: The Battle of Cowpens Notable Events: Menorca, St. Marcellus’ flood, Avignon Popes, Huguenots, Mahdist War, Monte Cassino, Raoul Wallenberg, Palomares Incident, Born: Antonio del Pollaiolo, Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë, Al Capone, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali, Died: Theodosius
Continue readingFeast of the Ass, Ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Hippie Movement and the Human Be-In, Spain annexes Cuba, Treaty of Kiel, Greek War of Independence, Casablanca Conference, Elvis Presley Holidays and Observances on January 14 Feast of the Ass: This is a now antiquated celebration that may have arisen
Continue readingFeast of Archbishop Laud, Margaret Thatcher Day, Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Norman invasion of Muslim Sicily, Standard Oil Co., Treaty of Versailles, United Nations, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 10 William Laud The Anglican Church celebrates a feast for Archbishop of Canterbury, William
Continue reading10th Day of Christmas; Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, Battle of Princeton, Decian Persecutions, Martin Luther, Meji Restoration, Mussolini, March of Dimes, Apple Inc., Boko Haram, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 3 On the 10th Day of Christmas . . . Feast of the Holy Name,
Continue reading9th Day of Christmas; Feast of Sts. Basil & Gregory, the Reconquista of Christian Lands, 2nd Battle of Trenton, Big Bottom Indian Massacre, Barbarian Migration into Rome, Luna I Spacecraft, the Yorkshire Ripper, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 2 Today is the 9th Day of Christmas Feasts of
Continue readingThe Battle of Trenton saves the Revolution, The 2nd Day of Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the Soviet Union dissolves, Boxing Day, the Beetles, the 2004 Tsunami, and more. . . Holidays & Observances on December 26 Today is the Second Day of the Twelve Days of Christmas The
Continue readingToday: 1st Settlement at Jamestown, Paine’s American Crisis, Valley Forge, Conway Cabal, Joseph Plum Martin, Henry II, J.M.W. Turner, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 19 The Great O’s – The “Great O’s” of Advent (see explanation on Dec. 17) celebrated today is “O
Continue readingToday: The Boston Tea Party leads to a Revolution, King Henry VI of England . . .and France, English Bill of Rights of 1689, Hans Bol, Beethoven, Christmas Music And More . . . Major Events on Dec. 16 1773 – Boston Tea Party makes the American Revolution virtually inevitable
Continue readingToday: St. John of the Cross, Paxton Boys rebel, Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause, Napoleon, War of 1812, Jimmy Doolittle, Washington Dies, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Feast of John of the Cross – St. John of the Cross, a 15th century Carmelite
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