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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 16 August

This Day In Founders History – 16 August On this day in 1777, the Battle of Bennington, Vermont took place, although it was actually fought entirely in Walloomsac, New York, about ten miles to the west. General John Stark and his force of nearly 2,000 men, outnumbering their opponents nearly 2:1, were victorious over the British and Hessian forces.

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 August

[private |FP-Monthly|FP-Yearly|FP-Yearly-WLK|FP-Yearly-So76|FP-Founding Brother|FP-Founding Father|FP-Lifetime] [/private] This Day In Founders History –15 August On this day in 1787, the Federal Convention was in session, approving Article VI, Section 11, enacting the style for bills. They agreed to a three-fourths vote in order to override a Presidential veto, and they agreed to ten days instead of seven for the President to return bills. In 1776 on this day, General Nathanael Greene wrote […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 14 August

[private |FP-Monthly|FP-Yearly|FP-Yearly-WLK|FP-Yearly-So76|FP-Founding Brother|FP-Founding Father|FP-Lifetime] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 14 August In 1776 on this day, the Continental Congress resolved to offer all deserters of the British army refuge, stating, “Resolved, Therefore, that these states will receive all such foreigners who shall leave the armies of his Britannic majesty […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 13 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly FP Founding Brother] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 13 August On this day in 1781 (also noted by some as August 31), Brigadier General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, along with Colonel William Harden, led Patriot forces to lure British Major Thomas Fraser and his 450 soldiers […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 31 July

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 31 July On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress issued “Resolutions of Congress on Lord North’s Conciliatory Proposal.” The proposal had been an attempt to divide the colonies by urging one or more colonies to abandon the others. British Parliament offered colonies to the chance to contribute to parliament’s “common defense” in order to be exempted from certain taxes. Virginia was first […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 26 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1727, that of Horatio Gates. Gates was born in England and moved to America at 22, fought during the French and Indian War, and then returned to England. He didn’t return to the U.S. until 1772, at which point he purchased […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress sent an “Address to the Assembly of Jamaica.” The address explains the congress’s decision to include Jamaica in the embargo of British goods, as Jamaica was a British colony at the time

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 23 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1850, Nathan K. Hall took office as the 17th Postmaster General, under President Millard Fillmore.

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 22 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1686, the City of Albany, New York was granted a municipal charter.

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