By Matt Rooney _ Our Independence Day-inspired effort to honor each of New Jersey’s five signatories to the Declaration of Independence continues, Save Jerseyans. We’ve already gotten to know Abraham Clark and John Hart. Today’s subject: John Witherspoon. – Witherspoon wasn’t Read More
July 2nd is America’s Real Birthday
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — The 4th of July isn’t really America’s birthday. Instead, it’s the 2nd of July. – That’s right: The 2nd of July is America’s actual birthday. So, America is really Read More
The New Jerseyans Who Rebelled: Meet John Hart
By Matt Rooney _ We’re continuing our pre-Independence Day look at each of New Jersey’s five signatories to the Declaration of Independence, Save Jerseyans. Our state’s founding fathers. Post #1 was devoted to the life and times of Abraham Clark. Read More
Rooney: ‘King Cuomo’ is putting NY Democrats in a precarious position
TRENTON, NJ – Even as Phil Murphy’s prospects for reelection in 2021 appear increasingly in doubt, New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo, son of late former Governor Mario Cuomo, confidently announced this week that he’ll seek a fourth term as his Read More
101 Reasons Why We Love America
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — Happy Birthday, America! In no particular order, this is our own rather subjective list of 101 reasons to love America. You can feel free to add or subtract from Read More
101 Reasons to Love America
Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — Happy Birthday, America! In no particular order, this is our own rather subjective (and updated) list of 101 reasons to love America. You can feel free to add or subtract from this Read More
Rediscover New Jersey’s Founding Fathers
Meet New Jersey’s founding fathers, Save Jerseyans, courtesy of your National Archives (archives.gov): ____ David Brearly, New Jersey David Brearly Portrait Brearly (Brearley) was descended from a Yorkshire, England, family, one of whose members migrated to New Jersey around 1680. Read More
How One Man Helped Propel the American Revolution
That the brilliant wordsmith Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence is indisputable, but a lesser-known fact is that the man who played the indispensable role in its adoption by the Continental Congress in July 1776 Read More
Why The Fourth Of July ISN’T Really America’s B-Day
Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — The 4th of July isn’t really America’s birthday. Instead, today is. That’s right: The 2nd of July is America’s actual birthday. So, America is really two days older than she says she Read More