America was not willing to chop down the Empire on October 26, 1774, but it was gripping the ax.
C.L. GammonTags: history revolution-continential-congress
Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was disappointed that the majority of the Massachusetts volunteers appeared to be thrill-seeking teenagers, British Army deserters and otherwise unemployed African Americans. Washington doubted that these volunteers would ever be able to stand up to the British. Much to Washington's surprise, the free black men soon proved to be exemplary soldiers.
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The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but men who had come to realize that their system of government was broken. These men desired desperately to repair it.
C.L. GammonTags: history revolution law government constitution
Buchanan's constant crowing about his great victory only added to the perception that he was a clown; a blithering buffoon.
C.L. Gammonwhile the framers of the United States Constitution were ashamed of slavery and used euphemisms in place of the term "slave", the authors of the Confederate Constitution proudly used the term no less than ten times.
C.L. GammonGreat charismatic leaders don't just say what voters want to hear; they say what voters want to say.
C.L. GammonTags: politics history leaders non-fiction
I love to read; I love to listen; I love to talk -- in that order.
C.L. GammonTags: humor inspirational
It is sometimes easier to overcome our defeats than it is to overcome our victories.
C.L. GammonTags: humor
I like Italian High Opera, German Comic Opera and the Grand Ole’ Opry – in no particular order.
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