https://twitter.com/echoesofwaryt/status/2072643954730799425?s=46
Was wondering who would post this.
https://twitter.com/250YearsAgoLive/status/2072706004211454404
John Adams writes in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that “the second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in American history.”
This account has been a great follow.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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https://twitter.com/250YearsAgoLive/status/2072706004211454404
John Adams writes in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that “the second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in American history.”
This account has been a great follow.
There are versions for 50 & 100 years ago as well…
We have an Airbnb in Weehawken looking out on the Hudson to watch the Sail4th. The view even without those ships is stunning. And I am here if Swift realizes she forgot to invite me, pretty easy trip to MSG.
Last semester I wrote a 15 page paper on the morale of the continental army. In my research, one historian took the "Spirit of 76" to task. Civilians and especially the army specifically were suffering through 76. Recruitment was down, desertion was high. That long retreat from NYC that would end at Trenton was a devastating body blow to the morale. It made the attack at Trenton necessary, a desperate roll of the dice.
But there were moments, several diaries discussed the excitement of being called into formation to have the Declaration read to them. My favorite, once the Declaration was read there was silence. One soldier asked, "What does independence mean?" Once the officer explained it the men went wild with excitement.
But the real morale boost was rum, several American and British officer commented on the face a New England army marches on rum. At Fort Washington, they ran out of cannon balls and offered a shot of rum to anyone bringing them a British ball. Men stood on the open field chasing after British cannon balls.
You should update us on your classes and papers more often. Love it.We have an Airbnb in Weehawken looking out on the Hudson to watch the Sail4th. The view even without those ships is stunning. And I am here if Swift realizes she forgot to invite me, pretty easy trip to MSG.
Last semester I wrote a 15 page paper on the morale of the continental army. In my research, one historian took the "Spirit of 76" to task. Civilians and especially the army specifically were suffering through 76. Recruitment was down, desertion was high. That long retreat from NYC that would end at Trenton was a devastating body blow to the morale. It made the attack at Trenton necessary, a desperate roll of the dice.
But there were moments, several diaries discussed the excitement of being called into formation to have the Declaration read to them. My favorite, once the Declaration was read there was silence. One soldier asked, "What does independence mean?" Once the officer explained it the men went wild with excitement.
But the real morale boost was rum, several American and British officer commented on the face a New England army marches on rum. At Fort Washington, they ran out of cannon balls and offered a shot of rum to anyone bringing them a British ball. Men stood on the open field chasing after British cannon balls.
@bradstevens my current class would not be popular, futurism in America. We are reading indigenous works now, no way that is popular. My fall class is Civil War. I will be sorely disappointed if I don't know close to what the prof does.
If you want to make fun of me, I could email you the 1776 paper. The prof was very impressed with my sheer volume of research. I still wasn't happy with the writing. That many pages sounds like a lot, but when I first finished it I was at 20 pages and it still felt rushed. I had to trim, and trim, and trim. In thinking I got to 13.5, 12 was the goal. But in the end, college papers are to appease the professor.
I'd love to read it. Email me a copy if you can.@bradstevens my current class would not be popular, futurism in America. We are reading indigenous works now, no way that is popular. My fall class is Civil War. I will be sorely disappointed if I don't know close to what the prof does.
If you want to make fun of me, I could email you the 1776 paper. The prof was very impressed with my sheer volume of research. I still wasn't happy with the writing. That many pages sounds like a lot, but when I first finished it I was at 20 pages and it still felt rushed. I had to trim, and trim, and trim. In thinking I got to 13.5, 12 was the goal. But in the end, college papers are to appease the professor.
Fuck that attitude re college papers. It's your education--turn in the paper you are happy/proud of. What's going to happen--you get a bad grade and don't get that plum job after graduation?
By the way, if you record yourself walking into that Civil War class with a reenactment uniform on and post it here, I'm guessing the Water Cooler would collect $10,000 for the charity of your choice.
I'd love to read it. Email me a copy if you can.@bradstevens my current class would not be popular, futurism in America. We are reading indigenous works now, no way that is popular. My fall class is Civil War. I will be sorely disappointed if I don't know close to what the prof does.
If you want to make fun of me, I could email you the 1776 paper. The prof was very impressed with my sheer volume of research. I still wasn't happy with the writing. That many pages sounds like a lot, but when I first finished it I was at 20 pages and it still felt rushed. I had to trim, and trim, and trim. In thinking I got to 13.5, 12 was the goal. But in the end, college papers are to appease the professor.
Fuck that attitude re college papers. It's your education--turn in the paper you are happy/proud of. What's going to happen--you get a bad grade and don't get that plum job after graduation?
By the way, if you record yourself walking into that Civil War class with a reenactment uniform on and post it here, I'm guessing the Water Cooler would collect $10,000 for the charity of your choice.
Dang, never got into reenacting. I knew several, went to many, but the cost was too much. Now that I could afford it, age is more a problem.
And I couldn't take even a reenactor's gun or sabre into campus. A huge change from circa 1983 when I wore partial plate mail and full chain with a "real" replica sword for a Halloween party on campus. And played laser tag in the union or the woods by the president's house.
played laser tag with friends in Columbus and the cops came and threw us out of the park. So back then IU was far more accommodating.
https://twitter.com/250YearsAgoLive/status/2073071415721414776
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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