Patriot Echoes – Remembering 250 years of patriot sacrifice.
  • March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
  • March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
  • March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
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  • “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. ”
    John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View
  • “Our country is founded on the principle that the path to happiness is through honest labor and independence... The mobs of the cities, the instrument used for its accomplishment, debased by ignorance, poverty, and vice, could not be restrained to rational action. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Albert Gallatin · View
  • “The judiciary has no influence over either the sword or the purse; it may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Hamilton, Alexander. Federalist No. 78, 28 May 1788. · View
  • “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. ”
    John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View
  • “The unity of government ... is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. ”
    John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View
  • “The laws of nature and of natures God entitle them to a separate and equal station. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Declaration of Independence · View
  • “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to John Jay · View
  • “The sword was drawn, and the scabbard thrown away. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View