founding fathers

Hate Mail: Mike, Stop PRETENDING Like You Believe in Sanctifying Grace

Mandeville, LA - I don't ever recall being directly told to recant my fault-filled pursuit of Sanctifying Grace. Well, there's a first time for everything. I also never imagined in my wildest dreams that the subject of calling out someone for mocking and abusing Christian symbols, acts and Sacraments would emanate from "conservatives", giving me and hopefully many of you, all the more reason to either A. reclaim the term […]

April 29, 2014 12

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 29 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1745, that of Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and minister to France.

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George Mason and Granting Congress Direct Tax Power in the Constitution

George Mason and Direct Tax Power Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "George Mason was an epicurean republican aristocrat. He was one of the wisest men of his generation and Mason was having none of this talk about having a new central government that was going to have the power to lay and collect direct taxes. Of course, Madison and company would say they’re not direct taxes, they’re indirect, but we’ll […]

April 16, 2014 25

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1865, President Lincoln succumbed to a gunshot wound inflicted by John Wilkes Booth the previous night while in Ford’s Theater.

April 15, 2014 21

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 12 April

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 12 April On this day in 1776, a resolution now called the Halifax Resolves was adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina. [private FP-Monthly|FP-Yearly|FP-Yearly-WLK|FP-Yearly-So76] “The Resolves directed North Carolina to declare independence, to join with other colonies in similar endeavors, and to reserve the right of North Carolina to create a Constitution. The Provincial Congress voted unanimously to adopt the resolution and […]

April 12, 2014 13

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 10 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1790, the first patent act was signed by President Washington.

April 10, 2014 8

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 9 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1778, Jeremiah Wadsworth was promoted to Commissary General of Purchases for the Continental Army.

April 9, 2014 9

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 2 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1792, Congress passed The Coinage Act, which created the mint and authorized construction of a mint building in the nation’s then-capital, Philadelphia.

April 2, 2014 25

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 26 March

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1749, that of William Blount. Find out about him in today's Founders History...

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