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The Philosopher Governor and the Burning Capital

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was not built for wartime command. He was built for thinking, writing, designing, and persuading. As the author of the Declaration of Independence, he had given the Revolution its mos...

The Speech That May Not Have Happened Exactly That Way

We reenact Patrick Henry's speech at St. John's Church every summer, and every year someone asks me afterward: did he really say those exact words. The honest answer is that we do not know. No one wro...