"Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world."| papyrusrampant.substack.com
On this week in 1775, March 23rd, Patrick Henry gave his famous oration concluding in "Give me liberty or give me death!" War was mere weeks away.| papyrusrampant.substack.com
Where Britain chooses to fight a war| papyrusrampant.substack.com
Before the war had begun, Massachusetts had not just thrown off the British government but - with very little violence and complete order - established its own government.| papyrusrampant.substack.com