A new species of monster The real story of how Massachusetts spawned the gerrymander-and immediately tried to kill it By Christopher Klein (The Boston Globe) Massachusetts, like other states across the country, is gearing up this year to redraw its…
Revolutionary War Patriot Honored In Conway, MA Edward Thayer (1764-1827) Received New Gravestone On a very warm Saturday, August 20, 2011, the descendants of Edward Thayer (1764-1827), civic leaders, and local residents gathered at North Shirkshire Cemetery in Conway, Massachusetts,…
Liberty and Order: Primary Documents By Lance Banning (From The Jack Miller Center) Within three years of the inauguration of the new federal Constitution, America’s revolutionary leaders divided bitterly over the policies most appropriate for the infant nation. Within five…
JMC Constitution Day Initiative Proposal Guidelines The Jack Miller Center (JMC) in partnership with leading universities and colleges across the United States has launched a new Constitution Day Initiative to heighten awareness of the need for education in the American…
Open Book There is no more powerful gambit in contemporary political rhetoric than resorting to "common sense," to principles grounded in the sentiments of "the people." But it is not evident why this is so, nor how it came to…
New Podcast: Washington’s Farewell Address From Colonial Williamsburg’s History.org in Podcasts When George Washington left office in 1796, he wrote down some words of advice to his successors. His words are eerily predictive of today’s political pitfalls, making them as…
How did it end up in a suburban warehouse? By Paul Berger (http://www.forward.com) It started as a mystery. During a lecture in England last December, Jonathan Sarna, America’s foremost scholar of American Jewish history, said he did not know the…
Originally Published on June 28, 2007 by Matthew Spalding, Ph.D First Principles Series Report The Fourth of July is a great opportunity to renew our dedication to the principles of liberty and equality enshrined in what Thomas Jefferson called "the…
By Timothy Read Bennett, Past ChairmanNSSAR Congressional and Governmental Relations Committee This interview, with Compatriot U.S. Representative Todd Akin (R-Mo.), is the 10th in a series of interviews with Congressional SAR members. It occurred with Past Chairman of the NSSAR…
Edward Thayer (1764-1827) to Receive New Gravestone August 20th When in the early 1990s Mr. Verne L. Thayer of Milford, MA, began his quest to join the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution (MASSAR), he never imagined it would…
