Virginia Institute for American History
Sunday, June 27, 2010

The Declaration of Independence

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W ritten by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence stands as a timeless statement of human liberty, rights and equality. Adopte...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Virtue & Happiness

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"There is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union betwee...
Sunday, June 6, 2010

Thomas Paine: "Common Sense"

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Published anonymously by Thomas Paine in January of 1776, Common Sense was an instant best-seller, both in the colonies and in Europe. It w...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

George Washington's Seven Principles of Liberty

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Derived from his First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789, and from his Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, George Washington understood, l...
Monday, May 17, 2010

James Madison's "Advice to My Country"

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"As this advice, if it ever see the light, will not do it till I am no more, it may be considered as issuing from the tomb, where truth...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Quotes on American Self-Reliance

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"Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the government, to the sa...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

April 19th: "Patriots Day"

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Patriots Day commemorates the battle of Lexington and Concord which were fought on April 19, 1775. Part of the history of this famous revo...
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