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Stand and Be Counted

July 5, 2011August 10, 2015 168 Views 0 Comments Founding Fathers, Independence, Petition

There is a great tradition in the Northeast United States of annual town meetings. Important issues for the town are voted on by everyone attending (who is a legal voter in that town), and this is where the famous line, “stand and be counted” comes from. After everyone has spoken on the issue, they call on those in favor to “stand and be counted.” We’ve just celebrated the day the Declaration of Independence was ratified. Those founding fathers did more than just vote, they pledged their lives and fortunes in defiance of the Crown. Note they not only said it, they affixed their signatures to the document…an act of treason.

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Where's Jefferson When You Need Him?

July 5, 2006 B. John 201 Views Declaration of Independance, Founding Fathers, July 4th, Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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For Whom is Geoge Mason University Named?

March 31, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 383 Views Bill of Rights, Constitution, Final Four, Founding Fathers, George Mason, George Mason University

Thanks to the basketball team’s success, many are eager to know more about the school — specifically, who was George Mason and why does he have a university named after him?