To learn more about the resulting battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge (Feb. 27, 1776), please consider attending North Carolina’s First in Freedom Festival.
It was 250 years ago this week that North Carolinians fought in their first formal battle for American independence. But they didn’t fight it in North Carolina — and they didn’t fight British redcoats. As of late 1775, the Continental Army under George Washington was still besieging the primary British army up in Boston. Other...
The Third Provincial Congress had to set up a new government for a province in rebellion. Fortunately, they also had a talented leader in Samuel Johnston.
The July 1775 burning of Fort Johnston was the first true military action of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina — but it would hardly be the last.
Our state’s official seal presents North Carolina as a series of dualities. In the background of the circular emblem are green-topped mountains to the west and crystal-blue water to the east. In the foreground, two female figures in classical garb symbolize Liberty (clutching a constitution in one hand and the traditional “liberty cap” in the...
About the same time North Carolina leaders learned their representative body was dissolved, news of the battles of Lexington and Concord arrived in the colony.
In early 1776, battle lines in NC had already been drawn between loyalists to the British crown and American patriots. At the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, these lines burst into the open.
In history books, Anti-Federalists often are depicted as losers during the constitutional ratification debates. But in many ways, they were victorious. For instance, they assured that a Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution, and their concerns prompted a vigorous political debate and constitutional commentary that Americans still reference. One of the leading...
Those who value the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights should give some credit to a North Carolinian.
It’s not enough to fight courageously for a worthy cause. Prudence and wisdom matter, too, if your goal is to win.
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