Tag: history

beggars-opera:

Some people say the Bedford flag is the “flag to April’s breeze unfurled” used during the battle of Concord. 

Other people say it was a cavalry flag and was never there at all. 

I say it looks like a lost prop from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and I want one in my room immediately.

beggars-opera:

One of my favorite things about history is how little bits of it are preserved through traditions and mythology and we don’t even notice it. Like how we still say “’Tis the season” at Christmastime. Who says ‘tis anymore? No one, it’s dead except in this tiny phrase. I had a friend once tell me that she noticed the only group of people who could consistently identify a spinning wheel were girls between the ages of 4 and 7. Why? Sleeping Beauty. There are little linguistic quirks that have been around for centuries, bits of slang we use that people 400 years ago would recognize, but unless you showed someone a 400 year old dictionary, they’d never believe it. Whispers of the past are always there.

beggars-opera:

backofthebookshelf:

deducecanoe:

historical-nonfiction:

Benjamin Franklin helped to create Impeachment Clause of US Constitution. He realized that if a president were to “render himself obnoxious,” then people would logically consider assassination unless there was a legal way to get rid of the president.

Just obnoxious. Not treasonous or acting outside of the best interests of the American people. Just really really fucking annoying.

Ben Franklin understood people.

Ben Franklin understood John Adams.