1661 HT: Dan Graves At the close of his defense to the Scottish Parliament, James Guthrie said, “…My conscience I cannot submit to you. But this old crazy body and mortal flesh I do submit, to do with it whatsoever you will, whether by death, or banishment, or imprisonment, or anything else; only I beg…
1700 HT: Dan Graves The man with the sponge lifted it and dabbed at the wall, wiping off the “No. 45” chalked there. Wherever he saw this popular slogan, he repeated his action. It was Alexander Cruden‘s odd way of showing his loyalty to King George III and cleaning up morals. George had given the…
339 HT: Dan Graves Suppose you are a survivor of an outlawed organization whose origins go back to around 1700, seventy-six years before America became an independent nation. “Tell the story of your people,” you are urged. The problem is, your people were an illegal group. In fact, the government tried to exterminate them! Their…