Opinion
The Declaration of Independence was just the beginning
The events that ensued from July 1776 into the early 1780s when the victory was won are worth continuing to remember and celebrate.
Opinion
British scheme helped the Patriot cause
After the battle of Island Flats, many previously neutral Americans joined the Patriot cause and attached Cherokee towns. And the British gained nothing of consequence.
Opinion
The true heart of America
The true heart of America resides in the people who audaciously demand that freedom and liberty, as given to us by God, are fundamental rights to human existence.
Opinion
Civics education extends beyond schools
Let’s double down on the semiquincentennial. Let’s have more concerts and parades, yes, as well as more publications, readings, public lectures, and private conversations.
News
The enduring importance of NC’s ‘Mecklenburg Declaration’
Debate continues about whether residents of one North Carolina county declared independence from Great Britain more than a year before the rest of the country.
News
NC Senate marks America’s 250th at Old Capitol
North Carolina senators walked one block south and nearly 250 years back in history Tuesday morning.
Opinion
Declaration defends 2 core principles
What led to the Revolutionary War was a commitment to traditions and ideas that arose in a specific historical context but had the potential for broad, even universal, application.
News
250 years of Independence: a Fourth of July Celebration Guide
Carolina Journal and the John Locke Foundation are tracing North Carolina’s bold and often overlooked role in America’s fight for independence — from the Edenton Tea Party to the the Mecklenburg Declaration and beyond. Through its NC 250 project, Locke brings those stories back to life. Now, the countdown gives way to the main event:...
Opinion
Carolinians set stage for Declaration
Was the American War of Independence fated to succeed? Not necessarily.
Opinion
Another publication merits ‘Happy Birthday’
While Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" did not, of course, influence the crafting of the roughly contemporaneous Declaration of Independence, American Founders such as James Madison and John Adams soon became avid readers of the work.
Opinion
When Cherokees made a fateful choice
The American Revolution was actually an epic sprawling across multiple decades, regions, peoples, and political factions.
Opinion
When Cornwallis first invaded Carolina
As a young member of Parliament during the 1760s, Cornwallis actually voted against the Stamp Act and accused the government of mistreating the American colonists. When war came, however, Cornwallis resolved to do his part.
