Authors of Liberty

Incisive Words and Ideas of the American Founding Fathers which bear remembering and attention today.

[Authors of Liberty @AuthorsL]

This nation was born as the representatives of the people declared independence from a king who ignored the God given rights of all men.

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#OnThisDay in 1777, Washington moved his troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: https://t.co/cjI2XuaocT @ValleyForgeNHP

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Did you know that Abigail Adams was one of the first to have her children inoculated with the new smallpox vaccine? Learn more https://t.co/KScimOD9Bl #BRInstitute #currentevents

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Today in 1903, The Wright brothers flew their plane. They were driven by the belief that humans could fly, and they diligently pursued the invention that could power human flight. How can the Wright brothers teach your students about diligence? https://t.co/aWZi53NFcE

[Authors of Liberty @AuthorsL]

No other nation has been so conceived, no other nation has been so founded on Natural God given rights intrinsic to every individual. The question is now of its enduring.

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"The happiness of society is the end of gov...the happiness of the individual is the end of man." John Adams.

[Daily Signal @DailySignal]

The Mayflower Compact and the Roots of Economic Freedom and Private Property https://t.co/plEdq61K8i

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

#OnThisDay in 1789, President George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation was observed as "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer." Read the full proclamation: https://t.co/s0TgmPb5DM

[Bill of Rights Institute @BRInstitute]

Today in 1789, the Bill of Rights was proposed in Congress as a recognition that most governments did not protect individual freedoms or limit government power. How did the Bill of Rights change the way people looked at their freedoms?
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The Treaty of Paris, the final treaty to end the Revolutionary War, was signed on August 3, 1783 and recognized the colonies as being independent from British rule and established a normalization of relations. https://t.co/1SrV929NHo #HamiltonFilm

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Best thing on the internet today! @greg_price11 @alexplitsas @DailyCaller @shestokas

[Lincoln Presidential Library @ALPLM]

#AbrahamLincoln was shot #OnThisDay in 1865. He would die early the next morning. Here are some of the details of that tragic event.

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Jefferson Memorial, dedication ceremony, #OTD in 1943 https://t.co/ThDZZry6fO

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

#HappyBirthday to Thomas Jefferson, born #OnThisDay in 1743 in Shadwell, VA! https://t.co/jesrNW4rD6 @TJMonticello

[Madison's Montpelier @JMMontpelier]

Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson! Madison said he knew him “for a period of fifty years, during which there was not an interruption or diminution of mutual confidence and cordial friendship, for a single moment in a single instance.” Kenton Rowe photo, courtesy of Montpelier.

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We’ll take a little #MondayMotivation from the Birthday Founder today.

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” — Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Francis Willis, Jr., April 18, 1790

Happy Birthday Mr. Jefferson!

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Lincoln was well known for his sense of sarcasm and humor. On his way to Washington D.C., he made a joke about his humility.

[Colonial Williamsburg @colonialwmsburg]

As our archaeologists continue to excavate Custis Square, they’re also compiling research about the land’s 18th-century owner, the colorful John Custis IV. Check out this fascinating StoryMap for a geographic dive into Custis’ landholdings: https://t.co/PVUOz1omda

[Lincoln Presidential Library @ALPLM]

#AbrahamLincoln bid Springfield an affectionate farewell #OnThisDay in 1861, stating “To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything.” He was never to return to the town he loved.

[Madison's Montpelier @JMMontpelier]

James Madison’s mother Nelly Conway Madison died #OTD 1829 at 98. A friend wrote: “I remember with much pleasure her clear blue eyes & sensible resigned countenance, as I saw her ... generally reclining on her little old fashioned bed, with her bible, and knitting beside her.”