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Opinion/Conley: Our lively experiment was the birthplace of American federalism
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBritish ambassador to the United States Lord James Bryce, in his late-19th century analysis of our...
Like Massachusetts and Virginia, RI was on the front line in the movement for independence | Opinion
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPatrick T. Conley is the author of "Rhode Island's Contributions to the Founding of the United...
2 colonists had similar identities – but one felt compelled to remain loyal, the other to rebel
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhat might appear to be common values about shared political and cultural identities can at times...
Middle School of the Kennebunks: Revolutionary dining with learning on the menu
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKENNEBUNK, Maine — You could feel the excitement in the classroom as students prepared for the grand...
Tame Your Taxes: Tax theory, history and regulatory overreach, Part One
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs we celebrate the 246th birthday of our great country tomorrow, I thought I would explain current...
Today in History: April 5, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn 1887, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, teacher Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as her 6-year-old...
Tossing Lines: Colonel Ledyard's Preordained Destiny
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 15—Colonel William Ledyard, merchant of Groton Bank, was not the master of his own destiny. Ledyard may have been free to decide whether to refuse surrender and lose his life in the 1781 ...