#Salute the American Revolution’s enduring legacy

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“#Salute the American Revolution’s enduring legacy” It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by the New York Times 1619 project as a fight to preserve slavery. Juneteenth, a worthy event in its own right, is considered by some as a candidate to replace July 4, marking a supposedly more palatable…

#On Juneteenth, remember those who paved the way for slavery’s extinction

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“#On Juneteenth, remember those who paved the way for slavery’s extinction” This week, the Senate unanimously passed a bill declaring Juneteenth a national holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865, when a Union general informed the last enslaved people in Texas that, thanks to the 13th Amendment, they were free. This was the denouement of a long…

#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics

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“#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics” Douglas Hamilton — the fifth-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton — is ready for pistols at dawn. Figuratively speaking, of course. While statues are being bulldozed and controversies rage over whether schools bearing the monikers of former presidents should be renamed, the 70-year-old Westerville, Ohio, resident told The Post (which…