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To inspire his soldiers, General George Washington had The American Crisis, first Crisis pamphlet, read aloud to them. [60] It begins: These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of ...
The Crisis series appeared in a range of publication formats, sometimes (as in the first four) as stand-alone pamphlets and sometimes in one or more newspapers. [9] In several cases, too, Paine addressed his writing to a particular audience, while in other cases he left his addressee unstated, writing implicitly to the American public (who were, of course, his actually intended audience at all ...
These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more ...
U.S. Army Soldier-Athletes Chase Olympics Dreams This Summer 07/15/2024 20:05 -0400 NEW YORK, July 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Army is known for keeping Soldiers in tip-top physical and mental shape, but now a handful of these Soldiers will put their training to the test as they represent America in another uniform this summer.
On October 20, the retreating Patriot force held drumhead courts-martial of Loyalists on various charges (treason, desertion from Patriot militias, incitement of Indian rebellion). [citation needed] Passing through the Sunshine community in what is now Rutherford County, North Carolina, the retreat halted on the property of the Biggerstaff ...
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers shot and killed five American colonists—and John Adams agreed to represent the soldiers in court. On March 5, 1770, British soldiers shot and killed five ...
Eric Posey, of Post Falls, Idaho, embraces a supporter in court, after a jury awarded him more than $1.1 million in damages in his defamation lawsuit against conservative blogger Summer Bushnell ...
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.