Thanks for this column on the statutes of some less well known American Revolutionary patriots. My wife and visited the Capitol in May and took a tour, seeing some of statues shown here. We also happened to see Rep. Kevin McCarthy walk through Statuary Hall within spitting distance of us, though I didn’t spit.
Thanks for this column on the statutes of some less well known American Revolutionary patriots. My wife and visited the Capitol in May and took a tour, seeing some of statues shown here. We also happened to see Rep. Kevin McCarthy walk through Statuary Hall within spitting distance of us, though I didn’t spit.
Yesterday we visit Morven, the former New Jersey’s governor’s mansion in Princeton and the residence of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Like many of the other signers he owned as many as 6 slaves. One wonders what they thought as the signed a document that declared that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” yet owned other humans without those rights.
Thanks for this column on the statutes of some less well known American Revolutionary patriots. My wife and visited the Capitol in May and took a tour, seeing some of statues shown here. We also happened to see Rep. Kevin McCarthy walk through Statuary Hall within spitting distance of us, though I didn’t spit.
Yesterday we visit Morven, the former New Jersey’s governor’s mansion in Princeton and the residence of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Like many of the other signers he owned as many as 6 slaves. One wonders what they thought as the signed a document that declared that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” yet owned other humans without those rights.
Still, happy 247th!