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When did we officially make the break? What's the deal with fireworks? How did the Declaration come to be? A speed history of our nation's birthday.

Why the Founders succeeded

From the blog of Dore Feith at The Times of Israel

Approved unanimously on June 12, 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, drafted primarily by George Mason, is one of the most important founding documents that many people have never even heard of. It influenced the text of the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Modern American society still talks about and references the American Revolution all the time. Its battlefields are well ...

The Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial recognizes that the schools founder enslaved more than 100 people.

In the current session of the General Assembly bills have been introduced to turn back all the progress that had been made over the last two years.

This is an opinion column by Del. Ken Plum (D), who represents Reston in Virginia's House of Delegates. It does not reflect the opinion of Reston Now. For much

Although there are many scholarly treatments of the Founders’ understanding of property and economics, few of them present an overview of the complete package of the principles and policies upon which they agreed. Even the fact that there was a consensus among the Founders is often denied. Government today has strayed far from the Founders’ approach to economics, but the older policies have not been altogether replaced. Some of the Founders’ complex set of policies to protect property righ...

As we get one year closer to hyperbitcoinization, we should remember individuals of the past that stood for the ethos of Bitcoin.