They just needed a spark. The American colonies in the autumn of 1775, then under the thumb of King George III and his ...

Anniversary of the Publication of "Common Sense" ...

Thomas Paine’s Service During The Revolutionary War. January 29, 2026 — Online Event \| 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST ...

Thomas Paine’s writing continued to support the Revolution, but once it reached a favorable conclusion, Paine returned to ...

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, remember the founder who rallied the people against British and American oligarchs.

The publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense caused a sensation in early 1776 as it explained the need for freedom. But it was a second series of pamphlets published on December 19 of that year that ...

Roberts’s report avoids recent controversies, focusing instead on historical foundations and operational data.

We often make New Year’s resolutions to help us reach our personal goals for the coming year, but our nation’s founders set ...

Thomas Paine, a reluctant English tax collector and failed businessman who arrived in America on the eve of revolution, published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. "In the ...

In light of our nation’s current divisions, and in honor of Thomas Paine’s birthday on Jan. 29, let us revisit the great man’s extraordinary rhetoric. “These are the times that try men’s souls,” Paine ...

You'd never know by looking at Thomas Paine's portrait with his fine clothes and his perfectly coiffed hair, but the National Portrait Gallery's Margaret Christman says Paine's contemporaries ...