Backwoods Sharpshooters Fueled the War for Independence
The article credits frontier riflemen with pivotal roles in the American Revolution. Washington summoned 1800 backwoods sharpshooters from the Berkshires and Appalachians to accompany 14,000–16,000 regulars at Boston. The Kentucky rifle and greased patch innovation aided decisive skirmishes and the Saratoga victory. Generals Morgan Allen Stark and Ethan Allen’s mountaineers shaped Stillwater and Concord raids, while the Kentucky rifle evolved as the backwoods arm of choice.
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Sam Evans and His Wooden Leg End in Independence Day Departure
A village loner with a worn wooden leg endures pity and scorn as county officials propose placing him in a public home. He escapes, seeks freedom on Independence Day, but collapses near the highway and dies as a doctor consoles him, recognizing his final escape.
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Declaration Day and the Call for Renewed Freedom
A poem by Lewis Worthington Smith proclaims a renewed freedom era. It urges breaking old bonds, forging new paths to the sea, and resisting tyranny. The speaker vows to be masters of themselves, to abandon servile ease, and to rally behind fresh banners against puppet rulers.
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Lewis Worthington Smith
The World Debt to United States
The United States is the first nation grounded in human rights and not in princely concession. It cites radical leadership and two great contributions to governance: unifying vast lands without a crown and preserving local liberty with strong central authority. The Declaration and Constitution enabled global liberty progress over 147 years.
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Haym Salomon A Forgotten Patriot Of The Revolutionary Era
Haym Salomon, a Polish Jewish banker who backed the American fight for independence, financed the war with his own money and secured funds from Holland and France. He loaned about 600000 dollars to Robert Morris, died in Philadelphia in 1785 at age 45, and much of his papers were lost after 1814 during British occupation.
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Battle of Bennington remembered in Vermont poem
Near Bennington Vermont on August 16 1777 American forces led by Stark defeated British troops Baum and Bregman. The piece honors those who fought for freedom and the lasting peace of the valley with Bryant wording praising memory and heritage.
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Deserting Soldiers Punished in Washingtons Revolutionary Orders
The document details multiple punishments including 100 lashes and fines for theft of sheep and a pig by four soldiers, 35 lashes for roll call desertion, 100 lashes for a wagoner who assaulted a lieutenant, hard labor and 100 lashes for a civilian trading with the enemy and passing counterfeit money, and two 1778 deserters to receive 100 lashes each with salt water washing after the final session.
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Barrett
First Continental Congress Convenes in Philadelphia 1774
The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on September 5 1774. It voted to refuse obedience to Parliament acts, protested standing armies in the colonies without consent, supported Massachusetts in its resistance, and agreed to suspend intercourse with Great Britain.
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Jefferson accorded high honor in Chicago Journal
The Chicago Journal lauds Thomas Jefferson as a foundational figure in American democracy praising his vision and pioneering spirit while acknowledging Franklin and Washington. The piece frames Jefferson as a prophet of democracy among the nation’s founders.
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Chicago Journal
Both regiments or none in Boston 1776 tale
The clash over two British regiments in Boston led Samuel Adams to demand their withdrawal with the reply both regiments or none. By March 1776 the regiments left Boston, four months before the Declaration of Independence. Adams helped propel American independence and served in Congress and as governor of Massachusetts. He died October 2, 1803.
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Louisville Herald
Our First National Park The act of congress 1823
The Hot Springs in Arkansas became the first national park under an 1823 act reserving land from private entry. The Hot Springs Park covers about acres in Hot Springs city with 48 springs and many cold springs. Water flows at 750,000 gallons every 24 hours and temperatures range from 102 to 147 degrees. Indigenous tribes valued the springs and fought over them. The waters contain about twenty minerals and are radioactive. Seventeen large bathhouses operate under federal oversight. rates are set by the national park service. The park is year round and administered by a resident superintendent.
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Hot Springs National Park
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Washington
River That Flows Backward Through Chicago
Historical note explains how a drainage canal reversed the Chicago river’s flow from lake to head, detailing the river’s seven mile main channel, 200 foot width, 26 foot depth, and its role in Chicago’s logistics. It notes 2,540 arrivals and 2,547 departures in a year, with vast cargo including wheat corn oats binder twine and large rail connections.
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Great Lakes
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Western Newspaper Union
Strike Chant Echoes From Unknown Protests
A newspaper excerpt shows a boy shouting slogans like Uxtree and Pipy while declaring bandits on strike. A man from Jimpson Junction asks what they strike for, and the chant ties wages to moral costs as reported in the Kansas City Star.
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Pipy
Jimpson Junction
Kansas City Star
Nicotine described as a deadly poison and potent alkaloid
The Scientific American notes nicotine is a powerful alkaloid with extreme physiological effects. It is described as a deadly poison, nearly as poisonous as prussic acid gas, while also being of notable utility to physicians.
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