https://videopress.com/v/DjMSI3Lo?preloadContent=metadata While we all know the ramification of Enlightenment thinking on politics in the 18th Century, it also had a profound and seminal effect on science. Prior to the Enlightenment, scientific thought, when it could be separated from theology, was dominated by theories of absolute truth (biblical revelation) but over the course of the 16th …
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As I was preparing the blog on Fort Mifflin, I found this footage from 2018 just in case you were nostalgic for a pre-COVID world… https://videopress.com/v/OynkfOdB?preloadContent=metadata https://videopress.com/v/5ydEimOV?preloadContent=metadata
This is a tradition with me, unfortunately the video was stopped and restarted so a few usurpations were missed but you get the basic idea. https://videopress.com/v/GGwJugYU?preloadContent=metadata
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 4, 1789 – TARRIFF ACT was the first major piece of legislation passed in the United States after the ratification of the United States Constitution. This act had …
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 4, 1776 – a document formally enumerating the justification for separating America from the rule of the Crown and Parliament was formally adopted by the Continental Congress. This …
Thomas Jefferson is noted for reminding us that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” This year, we seem to be taking that advice to heart with SERIOUS and SINCERE protests and marches. We are hitting the big issues. Now we need to storm the Bastille… wait, that’s the next revolution. I …
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 2, 1776 – “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. —I am apt to believe that it will …
On June 28, Noah Lewis (aka Ned Turner), Stewart Roseman, and I participated in FREEDOM BLAST at Fort Mifflin. I read the Declaration of Independence, Noah gave his talk on colored soldiers in the Continental Army, and we conscripted some soldiers and taught them drill. We are inching our way back from the COVID shut-down …
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When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. June 29, 1767 The Indemnity Act –reduced taxes on the British East India Company when they imported tea into England. This allowed them to re-export the tea to the colonies more …
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. June 29, 1767 The Commissioners of Customs Act — created a new Customs Board for the North American colonies, to be headquartered in Boston with five customs commissioners. The …
Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 