Independence Day Trivia
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Independence Day Trivia
Henry Laurens of South Carolina was captured by the British while seeking aid for the Revolution from the Netherlands and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was freed during a prisoner exchange. We traded Lord Cornwallis for him. After the war, Henry Laurens manumitted all his 260 slaves.
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Bob Juch
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Re: Independence Day Trivia
So what does that have to do with Independence Day? He was first named a delegate to the Continental Congress on January 10, 1777, after the DoI was signed. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation however.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Henry Laurens of South Carolina was captured by the British while seeking aid for the Revolution from the Netherlands and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was freed during a prisoner exchange. We traded Lord Cornwallis for him. After the war, Henry Laurens manumitted all his 260 slaves.
He is the only American to have been imprisoned in the Tower of London (of course the British considered him British, he was held for treason).
He was also the first person known to have been cremated in the U.S.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.