🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “The Long Winter Begins”
November 28, 1777 — Valley Forge Approaches Late November, the army marched toward Valley Forge. Tattered coats, bleeding feet, bellies empty. I […]
U.S. Marine Corps Founded (November 10, 1775)
Marine Corps created this day in 1775.
Front row seats to the Revolution
Pirate Sam announcing Ken Burns’ movie American Revolution
USS Constitution Launched (October 21, 1797)
On this day, October 21, 1797, the USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor for the first time—fortified with oak so thick, cannonballs […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “Paper Promises”
September 25, 1789 — Congress Sends the Bill of Rights to the States Four years after the war, the ink on the […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “Stone on Stone”
September 18, 1793 — Washington Lays the Capitol Cornerstone Nine years after Yorktown, America was still hammering itself into shape. And on […]
September 17, 1787 — The Constitution Signed
By ’87, the war was over, but the fighting wasn’t. It just moved from the battlefield to the meeting hall. In Philadelphia, […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “I Fought for Freedom—Then Stole from It”
July 4, 2025 They fired muskets today, raised flags, and read the words again—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Fine words. […]