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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY after
270 years to THOMAS
PAINE - JANUARY
29, 2007 !
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"WE
LIVE IN A CONTENTIOUS WORLD" !
MORRISTOWN'S
BURNHAM PARK
HAS
A BRONZE-LIST HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED
IN MANY SKIRMISHES, WARS AND RESCUE OPERATIONS; BELOW
ARE LINKS TO DESCRIBE
EACH CONFLICT FROM THE DAYS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNTIL
NOW !
MORRISTOWN
T
H E N 
Flags
Encyclopedia about => GEORGE
WASHINGTON
^
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DIARY !
HE
VISITED THIS "REV WAR MILITARY
CAPITAL"
IN 1773 &
LIVED HERE
IN 1777
AND
1779
-1780.
Ride along with George Washington
==> 1775,
1776,
1778,
1781,
1782,
1783.
MINUTEMEN AND WOMEN
THE NIGHT FIGHTERS at 3 AM - ON THE WAY
TO TRENTON, NJ FROM PA.
GEORGE WASHINGTON WORKED HERE - SEE
HIS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE ITINERARY :
MANY MANY GW
HEADQUARTER
IMAGES
1775-1779 <==
a n d
MANY
MORE
GW
HEADQUARTER
IMAGES 1780-1783 <==
with
many post card images and other 100 year old photographs . . .
Some background on progress in human rights - in Europe :
THE MAGNA CARTA - Secured at Runnymede - 1215. The power of Kings vs. Peers
A Protestation - not requiring an answer from the king - Sir Edward Coke c. 1621 -1649
CHARLES I -The Stuart theory of prerogative... he died for "Autocratic Divine Right"
Petition of Right - 1628 - with hopes for supremacy of Law and fundamental rights.
The Long Parliament 1640 -1648 ... COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND 1649 -1659
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties 1641
THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA 1656 England - frequent change of executive power
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - 1682, 1693, 1696 and 1701
THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1689 - Created by and amendable by Parliament.
JOHN
LOCKE philosopher -
"CHECKS AND BALANCES"
- He
laid
a foundation for our
democratic republic - c. 1688 - 1704 But he also was involved in policy
related to slavery in the Carolinas.
ACT OF SETTLEMENT 1701 defining the SUCCESSIONS of thrones ...
CLAIM OF RIGHT 1689 - William of Orange and Mary replace James II ... England then Scotland.
ACT
OF UNION 1707 - Kingdom of Great Britain - Union of Parliaments.
EDMUND
BURKE a
voice for the colonies, but he spoke against the French Revolution.
VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 1776 - The first modern Bill of Rights.
NOTES ON THE STATE OF [GREATER] VIRGINIA 1781 and 1782. [lengthy]
Massachusetts 1760s - "Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny." JAMES OTIS b.1725 - d.1783 -
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AND IN AMERICA a war for a new type of freedom was inspired with a pen . . .
"HISTORY IS TO ASCRIBE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO THOMAS PAINE." John Adams
Below is a photo of the statue in Morristown's Burnham Park honoring
THOMAS PAINE : and => COMMON SENSE, and CRISIS 1 . . . CRISIS 13 . . .
Thomas Paine, a man of "plain truth" and "common sense" was with the army at Perth Amboy, NJ - then with General Greene and Washington facing the advancing Royal troops as the Americans backed across New Jersey from a defeat in New York.Paine's COMMON SENSE and CRISIS 1 inspired the citizens and the army to fight- on before our much needed victory at Trenton, NJ.
Later Paine, in England, was an inspiration for those who set out to create a French republic as he wrote "The Rights of Man." When he escaped capture by representatives of the British monarchy, he fled to Calais, France where he was carried through the streets and was drafted into the new revolutionary assembly in Paris.
He saw bloody religious turmoil in France and wrote the "Age of Reason" after painfully suffering in a Parisian prison, with little support from representatives of President Washington's new government of the UNITED STATES. Paine had spoken for exile for Louis XVI, who had helped in our revolution, rather than for execution by the guillotine of him and his wife, Marie Antoinette. Paine was saved from execution by good luck or by Providence. Later he was cared-for and restored to improved health by Ambassador Monroe and his wife. Passionate revolutionary forces eventually met failure by royal Austrian intervention and by excesses from revolutionary factions and by the autocratic Napoleon.
Thomas Paine from Thetford, England was first introduced to America by Benjamin Franklin.Several of the founding fathers were Free Masons, who swore a belief in God, but did not openly confront religions. They and Paine also believed in "Nature's God" and the amazing beauty of creation. His way of praise was to study and emulate the Creator's wonders by efforts to be inventive and to do good toward all fellow human beings.
Paine's roots were Quaker and The Church of England (Anglican). He believed in peace, but took up arms in a humble role to show dedication to his principles and the ideas advocated in his essential writings - hoping to improve some human conditions on earth.
Thomas Paine proposed the abolition of Negro slavery, in African Slavery in America (1775), and arbitrations for international peace. He advocated justice for women and emphasized the reality of human brotherhood. He proposed the education of children of the poor at public expense. Paine suggested a great republic of ALL NATIONS of the world. He urged the purchase of the great Louisiana Territory. He proposed OLD-AGE pension payments. He suggested protection for dumb animals. And he proposed international Copyright. He invented an iron suspension bridge and a smokeless-candle.
He was "of his time" and "way-ahead of his time." After 200 years, we have honored him by adopting some of these sane propositions.
Today Thomas Paine is little noted nor remembered. Morristown has one of about six statues in the world honoring him. Napoleon had told him that many cities would have golden statues of him, Paine.One reason for being forgotten is that he spoke-out before the year 1800 against what he saw as a trend in America away from a DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC toward a REPUBLIC with potential for Monarchy.
Paine was in favor of many of Thomas Jefferson's ideas. He has been ignored to this day, mostly because he spoke out against superstition in most organized religions of that age - by his writing of The Age of Reason (in two parts) ... Other founding fathers held similar beliefs, but were cautious enough to not confront the already diverse organized religions and their followers.
Q U O T E S A B O U T T O M P A I N E
FROM OUR FOUNDING FATHERS :
His name is Paine, a gentleman about two years from England--a man who, General Lee says, has genius in his eyes. -- John Adams, 1776No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style, in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple and unassuming language. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1821
Other quotes about Paine as shown on the base of the statue in Morristown, NJ :"BE ASSURED MY DEAR FRIEND THAT INSTEAD OF REPENTING THAT I WAS YOUR INTRODUCER IN AMERICA I VALUE MYSELF ON THE SHARE I HAD IN PROCURING FOR IT THE ACQUISITION OF SO USEFUL AND VALUABLE CITIZEN" Benjamin Franklin
"YOUR PRESENCE MAY REMIND CONGRESS (AND THE PEOPLE) OF YOUR PAST SERVICES TO THIS COUNTRY." George Washington
"FREE AMERICA WITHOUT HER THOMAS PAINE IS UNTHINKABLE." La Fayette
"THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES CANNOT LOOK BACK UPON THE TIME OF THEIR OWN REVOLUTION WITHOUT RECOLLECTING AMONG THE NAMES OF THEIR MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRIOTS THAT OF THOMAS PAINE." James Monroe
"HISTORY IS TO ASCRIBE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO THOMAS PAINE." John Adams
"AMERICA IS INDEBTED TO FEW CHARACTERS MORE THAN YOU."
General Nathaniel Green"WASHINGTON'S SWORD WOULD HAVE BEEN WIELDED IN VAIN HAD IT NOT BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE PEN OF PAINE." James Monroe
Q U O T E S F R O M T H O M A S P A I N E :
as shown on the base of the statue in Morristown, NJ
THOSE WHO EXPECT TO REAP THE BLESSINGS OF FREEDOMS MUST LIKE MEN UNDERGO THE FATIGUES OF SUPPORTING IT.
INDEPENDENCE IS MY HAPPINESS AND I VIEW THINGS AS THEY ARE WITHOUT REGARD TO PLACE OR PERSON - MY COUNTRY IS THE WORLD - AND MY RELIGION IS TO DO GOOD.
IT IS FOLLY TO ARGUE AGAINST DETERMINED HARDNESS ELOQUENCE MAY STRIKE THE EAR - AND THE LANGUAGE OF SORROW DRAW FORTH THE TEAR OF COMPASSION BUT NOTHING CAN REACH THE HEART THAT IS STEELED IN PREJUDICE.
WE FIGHT NOT TO ENSLAVE BUT TO SET A COUNTRY FREE AND TO MAKE ROOM UPON EARTH FOR HONEST MEN TO LIVE IN.
IT IS AN AFFRONT TO TRUTH TO TREAT FALSEHOOD WITH COMPLAISANCE.
There is no need to eulogize Thomas Paine. "His life-long devotion to the cause of freedom and his deep-seated hatred of despotism are his best eulogies."
Thomas Paine's ideas are in the :
The Declaration of Independence <=George Mason: "Father of our Bill of Rights." <==
Thomas Paine, a deist, relying on REASON in that age of enlightenment and religious turmoil, may NOT have completely understood that most families of humans, all races through the ages, have such trials in life that they will seek HOPE and LOVE and "TRUTH" - based upon REASON a n d "FAITH" often TAUGHT from writings as "REVEALED-TRUTH" from the Creator. If we are not too busy, we can take time to observe the wonders of our part of the universe and of our amazing existence."
OUR MANY EARLY MORRIS AREA CHURCHES <==
Resolution : "Help one another . . ." IT IS ABOUT "CHARACTER" RELIGIOUS WEB SITES NOW
REMEMBER THE
Volunteer !
JOIN THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY for you & your kids !
VISIT MORRISTOWN, NJ
A REVWAR MILITARY CAPITAL !
THE BELOW PAINTING IS BY THE MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS -
The National Art Honor Society, Class of 2000-2001 - sponsored by 1st Morris Bank
GEORGE WASHINGTONAND
LA FAYETTE
" MEN OF ACTION, RUGGED OUTDOORSMEN, AND COURAGEOUS VICTORS. "
Most
folks do not know
that
YOUNG
WASHINGTON WENT TO SEA
<=click From Washington's
DIARY
"ROOTS":
GW'S
FAMILY
AT
SULGRAVE
IN THE UK + READ
OF MONARCHS
+ THE
MAGNA
CARTA &
"RULE
OF LAW."
Y
O U N G W A S H I N G T O N L E A R N E
D " T H E 110 R U L E S "
O F " M U T U A L - C
O N S I D E R A T I O N ."
"Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present." [ rule 1 ]
"When you Speak of God or His Attributes, let it be Seriously & with Reverence."
"Honour & Obey your Natural Parents altho they be poor." [ rule 108 ]"Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire Called Conscience." [ rule 110 ]
"THE FUZZY PAST" !
1777 MORRISTOWN HEADQUARTERS
Jail & Arnold's Tavern 
Presbyterian
Church
HQ was at Jacob Arnold Tavern
-
George
and Martha WASHINGTON lived here
in 1777.
The Tavern was moved
in 1886 -1887 and became the first All
Souls Hospital.
MORRISTOWN
' Military Capital of the revolution
ACORN HALL
COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Continental Army Headquarters in 1779 and 1780
Revolutionary War Artillery - General Knox
Approached from LaFayette Avenue and LaFayette
Place.
( Thanks to the Richard Deskovick Family )
JOCKEY
HOLLOW -
The Dark Forests
are still here !
General St.
Clair (our only foreign born president) stayed at the nearby
=>
TEMPE WICK HOUSE !
P E R S O N A L I T I E S T H E N !
Washington -
Paine - Franklin - LaFayette ...
Vive la "United States of America"
Vive la
When the MARQUIS de LA FAYETTE was a 2 year old (1759),
his father was killed in warfare with England and
allies at the Battle of Minden, Westphalia, Prussia.
When the young La Fayette was a 13 year old, his mother died.
also, in that same year, his wealthy grandfather died (1770).
Even at an early age, he must have desired some revenge for his father's death. He passionately
devoted his wife's fortune and his fortune, his life and "his sacred honor" to opposition to arrogant
men - and to actions toward "a better world"! Here, he would fight the English and the Hessians
hired by the English.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Captain Cook discovered the Sandwich Islands (now pronounced : Havvaii), and he died there in the days of George Washington.H A V A I I
WAIKIKI BEACH
Catherine the Great was ruling during the lifetime of George Washington . . .
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The National Park Services' "crossroads" write-up <==
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Other Military Actions . . .
A bronze-list to honor those who served. BURNHAM PARK, MORRISTOWN, NJ
Her Baldinger Bob Tracy McKEAN
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is used herein as your first research tool for these war topics. As Goldlylocks would say, "When it is good, it is really good!" "When it is not just right, research more," - then Edit the Wikipedia article to make this a better world!Northwest Indian War 1789 |
Undeclared Franco-American Naval War 1798-1800
THE 1800s
Military Actions . . .
First Barbary War 1801 - 1805 |
Second Barbary War 1815 |
THE WAR OF 1812 - 1815.
THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
The Great Lakes - Plattsburgh - Washington, DC - Baltimore - and
New Orleans Events . . . A Canadian Website . . .Zebulon Pike of New Jersey is a forgotten hero.
As a General, he won the battle at York, Canada in 1813.
He died, holding the victory flag, aboard his command ship.
Here is a list of other Military Actions, with mention of "year of action" - mostly defensive or punitive actions. "Year overlap" is indicated by bold lettering as year 00 to show need for a two-war strategy.
A list of other Military Actions . . .
MOTU ONE - MARQUISES ISLANDS 1814 |
WEST INDIES 1822-25 |
SUMATRA 1832 |
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1835-36 |The Industrial Revolution
Speedwell Lake and Dam
and the Telegraph AT&T One of "the Roots" of the Internet !
See SPEEDWELL - Paintings by fine artist Richard DE FIORE with obit:VISIT HISTORIC SPEEDWELL :
REMEMBER THE VAIL-MORSE CODE
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ! The invention of the practical telegraph, here, and railroads built "the West"!
A list of other Military Related Actions . . .
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA - EUROPEAN AND USA
CHINA TRADE TREATY 1844
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR 1846-48 | Annexation from Old Mexico of California, Texas, New Mexico
FIJI 1855 |
CHINA TRADE TREATY 1858 Religion, Tea Trade, etc.
CHINA 1854-59 |
CORTINA TROUBLES ON THE TEXAS BORDER 1859-60
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... CORRECTING THE
CONSTITUTION ...
leading to a brutal and costly Civil War ... and years of
resentments:
EARLY
TENSIONS
THE
MASON-DIXON LINE
Pennsylvania - free colony
vs. Maryland slave colony etc.
THE
MISSOURI
COMPROMISE
<== expansion of
slavery and free states to the west
The Dred Scott Decision the supreme court cruel decision
William Lloyd Garrison publisher for abolition of slavery
Frederick Douglass speaker: slavery-abolition and for women's rights
Henry Ward Beecher preacher for abolition of slavery
and advocate of women's rights
Harriet Beecher Stowe the power of the pen
John Brown's War Kansas then Harper's Ferry Virginia
1861- 65 C I V I L W A R BETWEEN THE STATES ==> L I N K S
The New Jersey Civil War Round Table
There are monthly meetings at the HAGGERTY CENTER of The MORRIS COUNTY ARBORETUM,
which is across from the Morris County Library 30 E. Hanover Avenue.
BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR <==
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A list of other Military Actions . . .
JAPAN 1853 63 |
FORMOSA 1867 |
AMERICAN INDIANS 1700s - 1800s |
American Indian Wars
American Indian and Settlers - Massacres
MEXICO 1870 |
KOREA 1871 |
A list of other Military Actions . . .
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898 | Winning of Spanish Colonies: Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
HAWAII 1898 | The House of Reps. and President McKinley called for annexation of Hawaii. - Acquired on July 8.
EASTERN SAMOA 1899 |
PHILIPPINE WAR 1899-1902 |
CHINA BOXER REBELLION 1900-01| involving Germany, USA, Japan, Britain, France, Austria-Hungry, and Italy.
MORO CAMPAIGNS 1902-1906, 1913 |
CUBA 1903 | The Platt Amendment in the Cuban Constitution grants the USA to intervene when it sees fit.
in 1906 the US Marines occupied Cuba for two years.
WOMEN'S CIVIL RIGHTS
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON worked for years with Susan B. Anthony toward achievement for women's rights - while rearing a very large family of her own..
SUSAN B. ANTHONY traveled and spoke for many years, but died before victory for women's rights.
VICTORIA CLATLIN WOODHULL ran for PRESIDENT of USA
AGAINST Horace Greeley and PRESIDENT ULYSSES S.GRANT.
Thomas Nast printed negative cartoons against her. She correctly reported the hypocrisy of preacher Henry Ward Beecher about an affair with a married woman, but she was put in jail for a month at election time - accused of libel. See a book entitled: "Notorious Victoria."
ALICE PAUL protested - force fed - marched - achieved 19th Amendment
A SUFFRAGE HISTORY AND VICTORY1920 - 1923
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A list of other Military Actions . . .
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1904 |
MEXICO 1905 | US Marines helped Porfirio Diaz put down a strike in Sonora.
NICARAGUA 1912 |
VERACRUZ 1914 |
MEXICAN BORDER 1911-19 |
MEXICAN REVOLUTION with CIVIL WAR
MEXICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION 1916 |
HAITI 1915-20 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1916-22
WORLD WAR I AND PENALTIES 1917-1918
A list of other Military Actions . . .
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1914 -1917-18 |
NORTH RUSSIA EXPEDITION 1918-19 |
AMERICAN SIBERIAN EXPEDITION 1918-20 |
Russian food distribution (Herbert Hoover) 1921 |
YANGTZE RIVER SERVICE - CHINA 1854 - 1921-41 |
NICARAGUA 1927-32 |
================================================================A list of other Military Actions . . .
BATTLE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 1939-1945 ||PEARL HARBOR 1941 |
WORLD WAR II USA 1941 - 1945
BATTLE OF MIDWAY 1942 |
BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 1942 |
D-DAY 1944 |
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA 1945 |
BATTLE OF OKINAWA 1945 |
================================================================Regarding PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD, Leslie King, Jr. and his ship, USS Monterey CVL-26 light aircraft carrier.
The ship was awarded 11 Battle Stars in WWII, and later was also used to train pilots for the KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953. It was ""my ship" in 1954.================================================================
A list of other Military Actions . . .
TRIESTE, ITALY 1945-47 |
CHINA CIVIL WAR 1945-47 |COLD WAR 1946-85 |
Berlin Air Lift 1948-49 |KOREAN WAR (UN police action) 1950-53 |
INCHON LANDING 1951 | 1951 |
Hospital ships "Hope" "Comfort" "Mercy" |
Greek Isles Earthquakes click - then "find 1953" 1953 |
RESCUE 1 -
I, (T. J. C. ), was there with the US NAVY Squadron VR-24 (The World's Biggest Little Airline"),
which flew victims of the Greek Isles earthquakes - as patients to hospitals in Naples.
QUEMOY AND MATSU 1954 |
Rescue 2 - tropical storm Gilda with massive flooding - 1954 in HONDURAS - USS MONTEREY.
President Ford served on the USS Monterey in WWII; it was set on fire during Typhoon Cobra south of Japan in 1944 with heavy loss of men and airplanes. Other ships in that fleet later saw similar chaos during Typhoon Viper.
On January 3, 1951, the USS Monterey began her Korean War duties at Naval Training Command, Pensacola, FL, where she trained most of the naval and marine aviator cadets in their first three trainer-plane landings and a second-three fighter-plane or torpedo-plane landings. These pilots saw heavy action over Korea until 1953.At Pensacola, the Monterey had set a record of landings in one day (about 477) on an aircraft carrier.
In late September, under Captain E. E. Fickling, the Monterey rushed to Honduras with helicopters and medicine to take part in flood rescue mission between October 1 and 11, 1954.
Tropical Storm Gilda had formed in the Central Caribbean Sea on September 24, 1954. It moved westward, reaching a peak of 70 mph winds before hitting British Honduras (Belize) on the 27th of September. Gilda caused very heavy rains and flooding and 29 deaths. The extensive flooding trapped many in northern Honduras.
In early October 1954 the USS Monterey arrived at Puerto Cortez, Honduras from Pensacola, Florida. We had aboard extra medical crews and helicopters to carry medical supplies. From Puerto Cortez, the helicopters flew above the flooded regions and crew members pulled stranded persons from rooftops. The crews delivered much needed medicine to fight cholera in the regions between the towns of Puerto Cortez and San Pedro Sula.A SALUTE TO THE US NAVY AND THE HISTORY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS.
In 1998 in Honduras, Hurricane Mitch caused near total destruction of much of Central America. Rains from it killed about 9,500 persons and would soon cost about a billion dollars toward rescue and restoration. I am happy that, in 1998, North Americans were involved in helping each injured-economy and peoples of that region, as we had in 1954.A list of other Military Actions . . .
DMZ 1955-79 |
LEBANON 1958 |
BAY OF PIGS |A list of other Military Actions . . .
LAOS 1961-62 |
VIETNAM WAR 1961-75 |
CUBA 1962 |
PANAMA CANAL RIOTS 1964 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-66 |
KOREA 1966-69 |
USS LIBERTY off ISRAEL 1967 |MAYAGUEZ, CAMBODIA INCIDENT 1975 |
IRAN 1980 |
TERRORISM, SERVICE PERSONNEL 1980-91 |
List of terrorist incidents in the United States
List of Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom
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