Over the July 4th weekend I celebrated by watching a lot of Founding-Fathery patriotic television shows. This was more disturbing than entertaining, as one particular show – which I shall forebear to mention here – set me off on a Rumpelstilskin-esque fit of rage. I actually yelled at my television as it, in all earnestness, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Declaration of Independence’
If they said it on television, it must be true
Posted in TJ Encyclopedia Entries, tagged Declaration of Independence, hemp, myths on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New from the Scout Report: Creating the United States
Posted in Websites of Note, tagged Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since 1994 the Scout Report has listed and annotated praiseworthy websites of interest to librarians, teachers, students, and scholars. Here’s one that we will add to our Thomas Jefferson Portal research database: Creating the United States. More info:
As with other countries, the United States is very much a “work in progress”. Of course, the [...]