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This Day In History: July 2, 1776 CE
On which the Founding Fathers tell the tyrant King George III what he can do with his onerous taxes and hated Redcoats. About these ads
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This Day In History: April 19, 1775 CE
On which, with the help of British Redcoats who wish to seize a cache of gunpowder, the nascent nation of America invents the bumper-sticker slogan, “You’ll Take My Gun When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands.” Just the … Continue reading
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This Day In History: March 5, 1770 CE
On which British Redcoats fire into a mob of colonial yahoos, slaying five. The incident, later known in America as the Boston Massacre, drives a further wedge in the growing schism between the colonists and the mother country, which in … Continue reading
