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Did the British ever infiltrate/spy on/monitor churches in Northern Ireland during the Troubles? I know they infiltrated paramilitary groups, but I wonder if any of this action was done through churches.
Now we have a spammer who plagiarizes. ::)
I doubt it was that soon. 1/2 of the Americans were still loyalists and first generation Brits at the onset of the war. I would guess about 2 generations away, probably just before the Civil War. What about the Dutch, French, German, accents?
Maybe that's all for the better because then nobody can post lame 80's music videos (which is of course something I'd never do 8) )
I have another idea which could go along with WCF, but am not sure exactly how to implement it. I have seen a few other history sites be successful as historical news aggregators which don't have much comment, but post links to history news around the internet with areas on which to comment. I wonder if WCF could host something like that as well and gain readers. It would be ideal if anytime anyone of us saw an interesting history news article, it could be easily posted to WCF and enter into an RSS feed that people could follow. Just thinking here...
That would be a great idea.
I agree that the growth has been slow to negligible with only 4 or 5 of us posting, so I can see your point. It's still pretty sad though. Wish there was some way we could advertise this. Too bad we couldn't get involved with schools somehow.
My commentary on the Gaspee Incident:First of all, I'm surprised at the number of primary and secondary sources for this. Gaspee.org has a very well-documented website. If you are a RIer of course this is viewed as the most important event in American history. That's very wrong. Perhaps because we in RI want to take some of the attention away from everything happening in Boston. This was not the real first shot of the Revolutionary War as some claim nor was it where the first British blood was spilled. But on the other hand, this is something that shouldn't be ignored as much as it is outside of the RI Historical Society. Even though it only involved one American merchant ship, a relatively small British schooner, and 30-something Colonialists, it caused quite a stir. So much so that John Adams had to get involved. The reason for his involvement was because the British charged the raiders with treason and wanted to take them to London for trial. Adams's said absolutely not. So even though this was a minor event on a scale of military history, it caused quite a diplomatic stir. It may not have been "the shot heard round the world," but I think this event probably woke up more colonists, not only in RI but in all of New England, to oppose Great Britain's harmful trading laws and regulations and the thought of courts appointed by the king with no jury.
This isn't just about the collective or giving away free stuff to get votes, this is about destroying America as we know it. The last couple of elections have been important, but I honestly think this next Presidential one is going to be the most critical. If it's not a real Conservative, we are done.
am starting to think Donnie is not so far around the bend after all.
except for the fact that this isn't just some conspiracy theory...it's actually happening before our very eyes.
They were perhaps the first European power to colonize the Americas, it's just that they weren't the most successful. The British were better because they were able to learn from their mistakes and adapt.
Muslims refuse to integrate, it is not that they have a difficult time with it, they don't want to in the first place.
